The high desert
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date:
[2022]
Edition:
First edition
Language:
English
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"Scene: Apple Valley, California, in the late eighties, a thirsty, miserable desert. Teenage James Spooner hates that he and his mom are back in town after years away. The one silver lining--new school, new you, right? But the few Black kids at school seem to be gangbanging, and the other kids fall on a spectrum of micro-aggressors to future Neo-Nazis. Mixed race, acutely aware of his Blackness, James doesn't know where he fits until he meets Ty, a young Black punk who introduces him to the school outsiders--skaters, unhappy young rebels, caught up in the punk groundswell sweeping the country. A haircut, a few Sex Pistols, Misfits and Black Flag records later: suddenly, James has friends, romantic prospects, and knows the difference between a bass and a guitar. But this desolate landscape hides brutal, building undercurrents: a classmate overdoses, a friend must prove himself to his white supremacist brother and the local Aryan brotherhood through a show of violence. Everything and everyone are set to collide at one of the year's biggest shows in town... Weaving in the Black roots of punk rock and a vivid interlude in the thriving eighties DIY scene in New York's East Village, this is the memoir of a budding punk, artist, and activist"--Dust jacket flap.
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Autobiographical comics
Autobiographies
Cartoonists
Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
Childhood and youth
Comics (Graphic works)
Coming-of-age comics
Coming of age
Coming of age -- Comic books, strips, etc
Graphic novels
Multiracial people
Multiracial people -- Race identity -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
Multiracial people -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
Music and race
Music and race -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
Nineteen nineties
Nineteen nineties -- Comic books, strips, etc
Nonfiction comics
Punk culture
Punk culture -- California -- Apple Valley -- Comic books, strips, etc
Punk rock music
Punk rock music -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc
Race identity
Racism
Racism -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
Social aspects
Spooner, James
Spooner, James -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc
Autobiographies
Cartoonists
Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
Childhood and youth
Comics (Graphic works)
Coming-of-age comics
Coming of age
Coming of age -- Comic books, strips, etc
Graphic novels
Multiracial people
Multiracial people -- Race identity -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
Multiracial people -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
Music and race
Music and race -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
Nineteen nineties
Nineteen nineties -- Comic books, strips, etc
Nonfiction comics
Punk culture
Punk culture -- California -- Apple Valley -- Comic books, strips, etc
Punk rock music
Punk rock music -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc
Race identity
Racism
Racism -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
Social aspects
Spooner, James
Spooner, James -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc
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9780358659112
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Last Indexed | 2024-11-22 22:58:06PM |
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Graphic novels
Multiracial people -- Race identity -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Punk rock music -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc
Racism -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Coming of age -- Comic books, strips, etc
Coming-of-age comics
Graphic novels
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Music and race -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Punk culture
Punk rock music
Race identity
Racism
Social aspects
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Coming of age
Multiracial people
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Punk culture
Punk rock music
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Racism
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