Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty

By G. Neri

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.

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Published Aug 1, 2010

96 pages

Average rating: 6.4

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“𝑰 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒀𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚? 𝑶𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒎? 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝒖𝒑 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆?” 𝕐𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕪: 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝔻𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕊𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕪 - G. Nᴇᴿɪ ⭐ ( 6 / 10 ) ⚠️⚠️ 🆃🆆: 𝙼𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛, 𝙶𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚅𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎? ⚠️⚠️ This is going to be super short. Like this book. Again, I popped open a book without knowing what I was getting into. Literally love doing that. It gets mw to stuff I wouldnt normally read, like this! I don't know how I missed the fact that it's a graphic novel, which makes sense. I don't know in a way it made it more personable. I felt like I got an inside look without having to get preached to. Not going to lie I loved it. Will I pick up another GN? Probably not, but maybe this was pretty good. I loved that it was kind of speculation, and not even told through some adult, not grown up cause look some adults still children. But it's told through the lense of a child trying to understand it in a child like way that still captures your attention. Look I can't say enough good things about this book. Pick it up read it in a day maybe a couple hours or less. Just check it out. You should know the story too. 𝕐𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝘑𝘢𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘖𝘶𝘵

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