Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty (Paperback)

from jenniferthomp75

This book packs a wallop, especially to those of us who work with youth in an urban setting. True tale of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, an 11 year old gang banger who accidentally kills a 14 year old girl and dies because of it. Brilliantly told with simple prose and harsh black and white drawings, Yu...

from Bogle3

Yummy was about an 11 year old boy who grew up always getting in trouble and most of the time just wanting to be bad. When getting involved with the wrong people Yummy, got in a gang. He wanted the higher ranked people to think more of him so he decided he was going to shoot someone. Instead of s...

from Jennanana

A graphic novel based on true events. Yummy was a young gang banger on Chicago's South Side. He was hired to do a hit but missed his target, hitting an innocent girl instead. Fleeing for his life, he hid out under bridges and with "friends" until his life came to an untimely ending on the wrong s...

from ALelliott

For readers: Robert "Yummy" Sandifer is eleven years old. He has a teddy bear and a pet frog named Jelly Bean. He loves candy. But one day, she shoots a fourteen year old girl in the middle of a gang fight. Abandoned by his family and the gang that enticed him into violence, Yummy tries to surviv...

from EKAnderson

So recently I read YUMMY by G. Neri, a book that has been buzzed about in many of the reading communities I belong to. Lately, every time I turn around, someone is talking about this graphic novel. And now I know why: It's brilliant. Here's the thing. I had no idea going into this that YUMMY was ...