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Skim

"Skim" (Kimberly Keiko Cameron) is a not-slim would-be Wiccan goth who goes to a private girls' school. When her classmate Katie is dumped by her boyfriend, who then kills himself, the entire school goes into mourning overdrive. The popular clique starts a club to boost school spirit,...

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Main Author: Tamaki, Mariko.
Other Authors: Tamaki, Jillian, 1980-
Format: Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language: English
Published: Toronto : Groundwood Books, c2008.
Subjects:
Teenage girls > Young adult fiction.
Teenagers > Suicidal behavior > Young adult fiction.
Friendship > Young adult fiction.
Love > Young adult fiction.
Goth culture (Subculture) > Young adult fiction.
Girls' schools > Young adult fiction.
Suicide > Young adult fiction.
Depression, Mental > Young adult fiction.
Graphic novels > Young adult.
Summary: "Skim" (Kimberly Keiko Cameron) is a not-slim would-be Wiccan goth who goes to a private girls' school. When her classmate Katie is dumped by her boyfriend, who then kills himself, the entire school goes into mourning overdrive. The popular clique starts a club to boost school spirit, but Skim sinks into an ever-deepening depression.
Physical Description: 141 p. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 9780888997531 (bound)
0888997531 (bound)
Author Notes: Mariko Tamaki is a writer and performer. Her work includes the novella Cover Me, creative non-fiction collections True Lies and Fake ID, comics Emiko Superstar (with Steve Rolston) and Skim (with Jillian Tamaki), and the young adult novel (You) Set Me On Fire. Her debut as a screenwriter/actor, Happy 16th Birthday Kevin, premiered at the Inside Out Festival in Toronto in May 2013. Mariko's stories have been broadcast on national radio and she has appeared on stages, in various incarnations of herself, across North America. Mariko can be found online at @marikotamaki and marikotamaki.blogspot.ca.

Jillian Tamaki is a cartoonist and illustrator living in Toronto, Ontario. Her books include Skim and This One Summer, both co-created with her cousin Mariko Tamaki; and SuperMutant Magic Academy and Boundless. She has contributed illustrations to some of the world's top publications, including the New York Times, the New Yorker and the Guardian, and has taught at Parsons and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. www.jilliantamaki.com.

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