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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Spooner, James, author, artist.
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Spooner, James -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racially mixed people -- Race identity -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Punk rock music -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Punk culture -- California -- Apple Valley -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racism -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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The high desert / Ja...
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The high desert / James Spooner.
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Spooner, James, author, artist.
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
Subjects
Spooner, James -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racially mixed people -- Race identity -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Punk rock music -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Punk culture -- California -- Apple Valley -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racism -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
ISBN:
9780358659112 (hardcover) :
0358659116 (hardcover) :
Description:
368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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First edition.
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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"-- Publisher.
Awards:
Alex Awards, 2023
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Hawaii State Library
Art, Music & Recreation
741.5973 Spooner Sp
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741.5973 Spooner Sp
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