The book Yummy by G. Neri is about an eleven year- old boy named Yummy. The book relates the difficult life of Yummy and how in an instant his whole life was turned upside down. Yummy is known as a troublemaker and people always portray him as a gangster. His father is in jail and Yummy was taken away from his mother due to child abuse, so he lives with his grandmother and the many grandchildren she takes care of. Yummy is a member of a gang called The Black Disciples, and he is always looking for ways to prove himself to them. If you want to advance in the gang you had to prove yourself, so thats what Yummy tries to do. In the middle of the story things go terribly wrong when Yummy tries to prove himself. When Yummy is walking he sees that a few members from a rival gang are playing ball in the Black disciples territory, so he decides to take care of it. Yummy pulls out a gun and starts shooting, but instead of shooting the gangsters he shoots a fourteen year-old girl named Shauvon. Yummy is scared and doesnt know what to do, so he decides to make a run for it. The members of the gang hide Yummy, while a huge manhunt is underway. Everyone is looking for Yummy and it is all over the new. At the end of the book we see that the Black Disciples are getting tired of hiding Yummy because they are attracting too much attention from the police, so they end Yummys life.