Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty

Neri, G., & De Burke, R. (2010). Yummy: The last days of a southside shorty. New York, NY: Lee & Low Books. ISBN 978-1-58430-267-4; paperback; $16.95. This is the mostly-true graphic story of Yummy, an 11-year-old boy from Chicago who shot and killed a 14-year-old girl in the summer of 1994. Roger, who goes to …

Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove

Thompson, A. Q., & Greenman, B. (2013). Mo’ meta blues: The world according to Questlove. New York: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4555-0136-6; e-book; $9.99. In this sprawling memoir, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson documents his life through music. Starting from age two when he tripped and fell on the radiator while listening to “Soul Train,” Ahmir remembers …