Hardcover, 140 pages

English language

Published Feb. 27, 2008 by Groundwood Books.

ISBN:
978-0-88899-753-1
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This auspicious graphic novel debut by cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki tells the story of "Skim," aka Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a goth girl in an all-girls school in Toronto, circa the early '90s. Skim is an articulate, angsty teenager, the classic outsider yearning for some form of acceptance. She begins a fanciful romance with her English teacher, Ms. Archer, while nursing her best friend through a period of mourning. The particulars of the story may not be its strong suit, though. It's Jillian's artwork that sets it apart from the coming-of-age pack. Jillian has a swooping, gorgeous pen line-expressive, vibrant and precise all at once. Her renderings of Skim and her friends, Skim alone or just the teenage environment in which the story is steeped are evocative and wondrous. Like Craig Thompson's Blankets, the inky art lifts the story into a more poetic, elegiac realm. It complements Mariko's fine ear …

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  • General
  • Comics & Graphic Novels / Graphic Novels / General
  • Comics & Graphic Novels - General
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Graphic Novels
  • Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)