Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
- Annotation:
- Narrated by a fictionalized classmate, this graphic novel portrays Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, an eleven-year-old African American boy in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood. Yummy gained national attention for the shooting death of fourteen-year-old Shevon Dean. The graphic novel examines the factors that contributed to Yummy's choices, allowing the reader to grapple with their own opinions of right and wrong.
- Creator:
- Illustrator - Randy DuBurke
- Publication Information:
- Lee & Low Books, Inc., New York, 2010
- Color or Black & White:
- Genre:
- Semi-Biographical
- Bibliography Available:
- Yes
- Original Language:
- English
- Historical Topic/Event:
- Gang violence
- Geographic Setting:
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Date Range:
- 1994 - 1994
- Awards:
- Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor
- Tags:
- Robert ""Yummy"" Sandifer, African American youth, Chicago, social conditions, gangs, gang violence, Black Disciples Nation (gang), crime, violence, murder, shootings
- Notes:
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