Skim
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Author
Contributions
- Jillian Tamaki (Illustrator) - Contributor
Publication
2008-02-28 - Groundwood Books
Language
English
Word Count
35,000 words, Guess
Page Count
140 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveskim0000tama
- ISBN-100888997531
- ISBN-139780888997531
- Goodreads2418888
- OCLC Control Number166389983
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780888997531
- Open LibraryOL11267322M
Classifications
- LCCPZ7.T334 Ski 2008
- LCCPZ7.7.T355 Ski 2008
Description
"Skim" is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth who goes to a private girls' school in the early '90s. When her classmate Katie Matthews is dumped by her boyfriend, who then kills himself — possibly because he's (maybe) gay — the entire school goes into mourning overdrive. It's a weird time to fall in love, but that's what happens to Skim when she starts meeting secretly with her neo-hippie English teacher, Ms. Archer. But then Ms. Archer abruptly leaves the school, and Skim has to cope with her confusion and isolation while her best friend, Lisa, tries to pull her into "real" life by setting up a hilarious double-date for the school's semi formal. Suicide, depression, love, homosexuality, crushes, cliques of popular, manipulative peers — the whole gamut of teen life is explored in this poignant glimpse into the heartache of being 16.
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