The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. Patrice Karst no pockets

no pockets

Cadow’s resonant debut brings an emotional and ultimately hopeful story of one teen’s resilience in the face of unthinkable hardships

To protect Kasim

self-esteem

The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. Patrice Karst no pocketsWinner of a 2022 ALA Alex Award Winner of the 2023 Cartoonist Studio Prize for Print Comics 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 mans immersive reckoning with identity, racism, clumsy teen love and belonging in an isolated California desert, and a search for salvation and