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Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty

Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty - Paperback

by G. Neri
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Availability:In StockContributor:G. Neri, Randy Duburke (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2010-08-01Pages:96
Language:EnglishPublisher:Lee & Low BooksISBN-13:9781584302674ISBN-10:1584302674UPC:9781584302674Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Comics & Graphic Novels, Law & Crime, Social TopicsBook Topic:Biography & Memoir, ViolenceAward:2011 Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book - Author Award|2010 Cybils Winner - Graphic Novel/YA Award|2012 Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee - Ages 12 & Up Award|2012 Virginia Readers Choice Award Nominee - High School Award|Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award Nominee - Grades 9-12 Award|2013 Louisiana Teen Readers' Choice Nominee - Grades 9-12 Award|2012 Street Literature Book Award Medal (Slbam) Winner - Emerging Classic AwardSize:8.80 x 6.40 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCDRE5SR35

Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor - American Library Association (ALA)
Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Nominee

A graphic novel based on the life and death of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, an eleven-year-old gang member from Chicago's Southside who was killed by his own gang members.

Eleven-year-old Roger is trying to make sense of his classmate Robert "Yummy" Sandifer's death, but first he has to make sense of Yummy's life. Yummy could be as tough as a pit bull sometimes. Other times he was as sweet as the sugary treats he loved to eat. Was Yummy some sort of monster, or just another kid?

As Roger searches for the truth, he finds more and more questions. How did Yummy end up in so much trouble? Did he really kill someone? And why do all the answers seem to lead back to a gang-the same gang Roger's older brother belongs to?

Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty is a compelling dramatization based on events that occurred in Chicago in 1994. This gritty exploration of youth gang life will force readers to question their own understandings of good and bad, right and wrong.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Lee & Low BooksISBN-13:9781584302674ISBN-10:1584302674UPC:9781584302674Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Comics & Graphic Novels, Law & Crime, Social TopicsBook Topic:Biography & Memoir, ViolenceAward:2011 Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book - Author Award|2010 Cybils Winner - Graphic Novel/YA Award|2012 Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee - Ages 12 & Up Award|2012 Virginia Readers Choice Award Nominee - High School Award|Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award Nominee - Grades 9-12 Award|2013 Louisiana Teen Readers' Choice Nominee - Grades 9-12 Award|2012 Street Literature Book Award Medal (Slbam) Winner - Emerging Classic AwardSize:8.80 x 6.40 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCDRE5SR35

G. Neri is an award-winning author, including a Michael L. Printz Award for his contribution to The Collectors anthology as well as an Eisner nomination and Coretta Scott King Honor for Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty. He has written many books for young people, including Ghetto Cowboy, which was made into the movie Concrete Cowboy, starring Idris Elba, debuting at #1 on Netflix. His books have been translated into multiple languages in more than 25 countries. In 2023, he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from SUNY for his literary output. Mr. Neri lives on the Gulf coast of Florida. For more information, visit gneri.com.

Randy DuBurke is a full-time artist, whose work has appeared in books for young readers, DC and Marvel comics, The New York Times, and MAD magazine. A native of Brooklyn, New York, DuBurke now lives in Switzerland with his wife and their two sons. His website is randyduburke.com.


Publisher: Lee & Low Books

Awards

🏆 2011 Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book - Author Award|2010 Cybils Winner - Graphic Novel/YA Award|2012 Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee - Ages 12 & Up Award|2012 Virginia Readers Choice Award Nominee - High School Award|Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award Nominee - Grades 9-12 Award|2013 Louisiana Teen Readers' Choice Nominee - Grades 9-12 Award|2012 Street Literature Book Award Medal (Slbam) Winner - Emerging Classic Award

Contributor(s)

G. Neri, Randy Duburke (Illustrator)

Author

G. Neri

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