Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm  by Percy Carey, ill. by Ronald Wimberly, gray tones by Lee Loughridge, letterer Jared K. Fletcher. New York: DC Comics, 2007. ISBN: 9781401210472

  Annotation: Autobiographical graphic novel of the hip-hop artist, his rise and fall, losing use of his legs due to gang violence and finally deciding to “show the youth that there’s other options out there”

  Media: b&w, pen and ink

  Rating: 5Q/5P

lss  August/ 2009

Sentences: The Life of M.F. Grimm by Percy Carey and Ronald Wimberly.  New York: Vertigo, 2007.

ISBN: 978=1-4012-1046-5.                             Subjects/Genres:  Rap, Hip Hop/ Autiobiographical graphic novel

Grades 9-12

Black and white comics depict a former Sesame Street cast member who goes onto a successful rap career and life of crime, and becomes paralyzed in the process.

Q/P:  5/4 this popular piece was brought to my attention by one of the librarians I work with, and it was so popular, two years after publishing, that I had to request it to get a copy.  WImberly does a good job of evoking the mood of NYC’s various neighborhoods.