Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty
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| Author | G. Neri |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Randy DuBurke |
| Publisher | Lee and Low Books |
Publication date | July 31, 2010 |
Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty is a 2010 graphic novel by Greg Neri with art by Randy DuBurke, published by Lee and Low Books. The story is about Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, who was eleven years old in 1994 when he became a fugitive from justice after killing a neighbor girl while he was shooting at somebody else during a gang initiation. Neri creates a fictional narrator who watches what happens to Yummy when he seeks help from the gang he is trying to impress. Instead, they turn on him when he becomes too much of a liability to them.
Yummy was well received by critics, including five starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews,[1] Booklist, School Library Journal, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, and VOYA.[citation needed]
Kirkus Reviews called the novel "a haunting, ripped-from-the-headlines account of youth gang violence in Chicago," and highlighted how it "provides the backdrop for a crucial meditation on right and wrong."[1]