Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Author: Tamaki, Mariko. Title: Skim / [text by] Mariko Tamaki ; [illustrations by] Jillian Tamaki. Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Publisher, Date: Toronto, Ont. ; Berkeley, CA : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2010 (2013 printing) Description: 141 p. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm. Summary: "Skim" is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth who goes to a private girls' school in the early '90s. When her classmate Katie Matthews is dumped by her boyfriend, who then kills himself, the entire school goes into mourning overdrive. Suicide, depression, love, homosexuality, crushes, cliques of popular, manipulative peers-- the whole gamut of teen life is explored in this poignant glimpse into the heartache of being 16. Target Audience Note: 10-up. Ages 14 and up. Subjects: Teenage girls -- Comic books, strips, etc. Teenagers -- Suicidal behavior -- Comic books, strips, etc. Friendship in adolescence -- Comic books, strips, etc. Depression in adolescence -- Comic books, strips, etc. Love in adolescence -- Comic books, strips, etc. Comic books, strips, etc. -- Canada. Genre: Graphic novels. Other Author: Tamaki, Jillian, 1980- ill. Other Title: Skim (Toronto, Ont.) Notes: New York Times Best Illustrated Childrens Books Award, 2008 Ignatz Award, Outstanding graphic novel, 2008 Doug Wright Awards, Best book, 2009 Joe Shuster Award, writer, 2009 ISBN: 9780888999641 (pbk.) 088899964X (pbk.) 9780888997531 0888997531 Other Number: 430841157 System Availability: 4 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 4 Control Number: 1036178 # Local items in: 4 # System items in: 4 Call Number: TEEN GRAPHIC NOVEL Skim Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
