The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere.
by James Spooner
A formative coming-of-age graphic memoir by the creator of Afro-punk: a young... read more
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- Grade
- 9-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Graphic Novel
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Multiracial / Mixed Race
- African American
Year Published 2022
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Music
- Subject Headings
- Racially mixed people--Race identity--United States--Comic books, strips, etc
- Nineteen eighties--Comic books, strips, etc
- Punk rock music--Social aspects--Comic books, strips, etc
- Cartoonists--United States--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc
- Coming-of-age comics
- Music and race
- Racially mixed people--Race identity
- Cartoonists
- Racially mixed people
- Music and race--United States--Comic books, strips, etc
- Coming of age
- African Americans--California--Apple Valley--Comic books, strips, etc
- Spooner, James--Childhood and youth--Comic books, strips, etc
- Racism
- Nineteen nineties
- Teenagers--California--Apple Valley--Comic books, strips, etc
- Racially mixed people--United States--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc
- Racism--United States--Comic books, strips, etc
- Punk culture--Comic books, strips, etc
- Punk culture
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Awards & Distinctions 2
Alex Awards, 1998-2024
Winner, 2023
Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2024
Commended, 2023
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