Format:
Book
Title:
Skim / words by Mariko Tamaki ; drawings by Jillian Tamaki.
Author:
Tamaki, Mariko.
Call Number:
YSkim
Publisher, Date:
Toronto : Groundwood Books, c2008.
Description:
141 p. : chiefly ill. ; 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.
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.
Goth culture (Subculture) -- Fiction.
Girls' schools -- Fiction.
Suicide -- Fiction.
Rainbow Book List.
Genre:
Graphic novels.
Other Author:
Tamaki, Jillian, 1980-
ISBN:
9780888999641 (pbk.)
9780888997531 (bound)
0888997531 (bound)