Neri, Greg.

Yummy : the last days of a Southside shorty / by G. Neri ; illustrated by Randy DuBurke. - 1st ed. - New York : Lee & Low Books, c2010. - 94 p. : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.

Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011 Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011 School Library Journal starred, September 2010 Library Journal, November 2010 Booklist starred, August 2010 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, September 2010 Publisher's Weekly, July 2010 Kirkus Starred, July 2010 Horn Book, May 2011

A brief biography, in graphic novel format, of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, an eleven-year old African American gang member from Chicago who went on the run after shooting a young girl and was later found dead, shot by members of his own gang.

Young Adult Follett School Solutions.



Coretta Scott King Award, 2011

9781584302674

2006017771


Sandifer, Robert--Comic books, strips, etc.


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African American youth--Social conditions--Chicago (Ill.)--Comic books, strips, etc.
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Violence--Chicago (Ill.)--Comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc.


Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--Comic books, strips, etc.

F548.9.N4 / N47 2010

305.896/073/077311/092 B