One 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 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.
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