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Author:

Neri, Greg.

Title:

Yummy the last days of a Southside shorty by G. Neri ; illustrated by Randy DuBurke. [electronic resource]

Format:

[electronic resource]

Publisher:

Lee & Low Books

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

94 p. chiefly ill. 23 cm.

Reproduction Info:

Electronic reproduction. New York : Lee & Low Books, 2010.

Subject:

Sandifer, Robert--Comic books, strips, etc
African American youth--Comic books, strips, etc--Comic books, strips, etc--Chicago (Ill.)
African American youth--Comic books, strips, etc--Social conditions--Chicago (Ill.)
Gangs--Comic books, strips, etc--Chicago (Ill.)
Violence--Comic books, strips, etc--Chicago (Ill.)
Comic books, strips, etc
Electronic books
Chicago (Ill.)--Comic books, strips, etc--Social conditions

Other Authors:

DuBurke, Randy, ill.

Notes:

Title proper from title frame.

Summary:

A brief biography, in graphic novel format, of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, an eleven-year old African American gang member from Chicago who went on the run after shooting a young girl and was later found dead, shot by members of his own gang.

Indexed by:

Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011
Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011
School Library Journal starred, September 2010
Library Journal, November 2010
Booklist starred, August 2010
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, September 2010
Publisher's Weekly, July 2010
Kirkus Starred, July 2010
Horn Book, May 2011

ISBN:

9781600608667
1600608663

Locations:

NPSX771 -- North Polk High School (Alleman)