{"product_id":"yummy-the-last-days-of-a-southside-shorty-paperback","title":"Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eG. Neri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRandy Duburke\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoretta Scott King Author Award Honor, American Library Association (ALA)\u003cbr\u003e Best Books, Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens, American Library Association (ALA)\u003cbr\u003e Editor's Choice, Booklist\u003cbr\u003e Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, American Library Association (ALA)\u003cbr\u003e Notable Books for a Global Society, International Literacy Association (ILA)\u003cbr\u003e 100 Magnificent Children's Books, Fuse #8 Production, SLJ\u003cbr\u003e Best Books of the Year, Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)\u003cbr\u003e Cybils Award Winner - Graphic Novel Category, The Cybils\u003cbr\u003e Glyph Award Nominee, The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC)\u003cbr\u003e Eisner Award Nomination, Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards\u003cbr\u003e Once Upon a World Children's Book Award, The Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museum of Tolerance Library and Archives\u003cbr\u003e Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, American Library Association (ALA)\u003cbr\u003e Storytelling World Award, Storytelling World\u003cbr\u003e Street Literature Book Award, Emerging Classic Winner, Street Literature Book Award Medal Committee\u003cbr\u003e Ten Best Nexus Graphica Books, The SF Site\u003cbr\u003e Top 10 List, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers, American Library Association (ALA)\u003cbr\u003e Top Ten Great Graphic Novels, Booklist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven-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?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs 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?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eG. Neri\u003c\/b\u003e is the Eisner-nominated, Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author of \u003ci\u003eYummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty \u003c\/i\u003e, which Flavorwire hailed as one of the top 25 essential graphic novels of all time. He has written ten books for young people, including the Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award-winner, \u003ci\u003eChess Rumble\u003c\/i\u003e, and his books have been translated into multiple languages in more than 25 countries. Mr. Neri lives on the Gulf coast of Florida with his wife and daughter. For more information, visit his website at www.gneri.com.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandy DuBurke\u003c\/b\u003e is a full-time artist, whose work has appeared in books for young readers, DC and Marvel comics, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMAD\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. A native of Brooklyn, New York, DuBurke now lives in Switzerland with his wife and their two sons. 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