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Tamaki, Mariko,

Skim / Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki. - First paperback edition. - 141 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm

Part I. Fall -- Part II. No rest for the wicked -- Part III. Goodbye (hello).

Presents the whole gamut of tortured teen life--friends, love, depression, suicide, and cliques--through the eyes of Skim, a.k.a. Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a would-be Wiccan goth at a girls' academy in Toronto during the 1990s.

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 088899964X

LCCN: 2016286521

Nat. Bib. No.: 20099065134 can

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: (AMICUS)000037074393 20099065134 (pbk.) 20099065134

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Teenage girls--Comic books, strips, etc.
Coming of age--Comic books, strips, etc.
Suicide--Prevention--Comic books, strips, etc.
Depression in adolescence--Comic books, strips, etc.
Love in adolescence--Comic books, strips, etc.
Bildungsromans.
Depression, Mental--Fiction.
Suicide--Fiction.
Love--Fiction.
High schools--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Toronto (Ont.)--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Graphic novels.