Author G. Neri Returns for Read It Forward

Meet G. Neri, author of Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty, at the Carpenter Branch on March 14 at 6 p.m. 

Based on an incident that made headlines in 1994, Yummy could just as easily have happened in St. Louis. The graphic novel format works well to tell this shocking, yet all too familiar story. 

Neri’s earlier book, Ghetto Cowboy, was also based on real events—the Philadelphia tradition of inner-city horse training and riding. Other books by Neri include Chess Rumble (a 2009 Read It Forward title) and Surf Mules. 

Books available for purchase courtesy of Pudd’nhead Books.