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Neri, G.

Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty

96 pp. | Lee | August, 2010 | Paper ISBN 978-1-58430-267-4 $16.95
(2) YA Illustrated by Randy DuBurke. In 1994, eleven-year-old Black Disciples member Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, attempting to shoot a rival gang member, instead killed a teenaged girl; he was then executed by his fellow Disciples. To tell his story, Neri creates a fictional acquaintance, Yummy's schoolmate Roger. Illustrated with rough vigor, this graphic novel makes for an authentic parable of the dangers of gang life and gang-ruled streets.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2010

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