Book
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
by G. Neri
- Published
- 2010
- Genre
- Biography
- Pages
- 94
- Words
- 5086
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 3.4
- Lexile
- 510L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 12–17
This graphic novel adaptation tells the true story of eleven-year-old Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, a gang member from Chicago who shot a young girl and was then shot by members of his own gang. The text contains violence.
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ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781606869390
- ISBN-10
- 1606869396
Tags
ALSC NotablesAward Winners-Booklist Editors' ChoiceBiographies/Autobiographies-Biographies/Autobiographies (All)BiographyGraphic NovelNonfictionRecommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 9-12Recommended Reading-Wheatley Aligned Supplemental TextsRecommended Reading-YALSA Popular PaperbacksRecommended Reading-YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant YARecommended Reading-YALSA Teens' Top TenSocial Issues-Violence