Skim / words by Mariko Tamaki ; drawings by Jillian Tamaki.

Title:

ISBN:

9780888997531

Personal Author:

Tamaki, Mariko

Publication Information:

Toronto : Groundwood Books, [2008]

Physical Description:

141 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm

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 stars a club to boost school spirit, but Skim sinks into an ever-deepening depression.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR UG 3.4 1.0 121307.

Reading Counts RC High School 4.5 6 Quiz: 43455.

Geographic Term:

Toronto (Ont.) -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Subject Term:

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.

Goth culture (Subculture) -- Comic books, strips, etc.