The high desert
(Graphic Novel)
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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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Coming of age -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Music and race -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Nineteen nineties -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Punk culture -- California -- Apple Valley -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Punk rock music -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racially mixed people -- Race identity -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racism -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Spooner, James -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Spooner, J. (2022). The high desert. First edition. New York, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Spooner, James. 2022. The High Desert. New York, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Spooner, James, The High Desert. New York, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)Spooner, James. The High Desert. First edition. New York, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022.
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