Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
by G. Neri, Illustrated by Randy DuBurke
Bibliographic Information: Neri, G. Illustrated by Randy DuBurke. Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty. NY: Lee & Low Books, 2010. Paperback.
ISBN 13: 978-1-58430-267-4. $16.95 US. 94 pages.
Awards and Honors:
- 2011 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
- 2011 ALA Notable Book
- 2010 Cybil Award - Best YA Graphic Novel
- 2011 Once Upon a World Children's Book Award
- 2012 Street Lit Book Award - Emerging Classic
- Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2010
- Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2010
- Booklist Editor's Choice Best Books of 2010
- 2011 YALSA Top 10 Quick Picks
- 2011 ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens
- Booklist's Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youth
- School Library Journal Best Comics for 2010
- 2011 CCBC Choices
- 2011 Storytelling World Honor Award
- 2011 IRA Notable Book for a Global Society
- 2011 Glyph Award finalist - Story of the Year
- 2011 Eisner Award finalist - Best Teen Book
- PW Comic Weekly Fifth Annual Critics Poll List
- Chicago Public Library - Best of the Best Book
- 2011 Virginia, Indiana, and Louisiana Readers' Choice List for High School
- 2012 Maverick Graphic Novel List from the Texas Library Association
- Cynsational Books of 2010
Annotation: Based on true events, Shorty, a child from Chicago who never had a real home, gets mixed up in a violent gang called the Black Disciples. The fictional narrator, Roger, shows how Yummy was given a gun and, at 11 years old, accidentally shot a 14 year old girl. This is a great classroom read, and should be in school and public libraries. Yummy is a great graphic novel for young adults of all ages, especially ages 15 - 18.
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- Yummy: short kid who loves candy
- Father left, Mother in and out of jail
- Raised by grandmother who loved him, but had other grand kids to take care off
- Yummy would disappear in the streets for days
- Joins the Black Disciples - Finds acceptance and a home with them
- Trying to prove himself
- Shoots Shavon, 14 year old neighborhood girl
- Yummy is then murdered by the Black Disciples
- Roger: asks why?
- Is Yummy a victim, a thug, a villain, a killer, or a lost boy somewhere in the middle?
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