Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty

by G. Neri

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584302674
• ISBN13: 9781584302674
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Lee & Low Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12