The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. Spooner James
Winner of a 2022 ALA Alex AwardWinner of the 2023 Cartoonist Studio Prize for Print ComicsOne of The Washington Post's 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2022 * One of NYPL's Best Books of 2022 *A Publishers…
Specifikacia The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. Spooner James
Winner of a 2022 ALA Alex AwardWinner of the 2023 Cartoonist Studio Prize for Print ComicsOne of The Washington Post's 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2022 * One of NYPL's Best Books of 2022 *A Publishers Weekly "Best Book of 2022"A formative coming-of-age graphic memoir by the creator of Afro-punk: a young man's immersive reckoning with identity, racism, clumsy teen love and belonging in an isolated California desert, and a search for salvation and community through punk.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