Description: Further DetailsTitle: SkimCondition: NewAuthor: Mariko TamakiIllustrator: Jillian TamakiContributor: Jillian Tamaki (Illustrated by)Format: PaperbackEAN: 9780888999641ISBN: 9780888999641Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd ,CanadaGenre: Graphic NovelsRelease Date: 04/15/2010Description: A New York Times Book Review choice as one of the 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2008. Skim is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth stuck in a private girls' school in Toronto. When a classmate's boyfriend kills himself because he was rumoured to be gay, the school goes into mourning overdrive, each clique trying to find something to hold on to and something to believe in. It's a weird time to fall in love, but that's high school, and that's what happens to Skim when she starts to meet in secret with her neo-hippie English teacher, Ms. Archer. But when Ms. Archer abruptly leaves, Skim struggles to cope with her confusion and isolation, armed with her trusty journal and a desire to shed old friendships while cautiously approaching new ones. Depression, love, sexual identity, crushes, manipulative peers --teen life in all its dramatic complexities is explored in this touching, pitch-perfect, literary graphic masterpiece. Cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki collaborate brilliantly in this poignant glimpse into the heartache of being sixteen. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: CAItem Height: 255mmItem Length: 174mmItem Width: 9mmItem Weight: 297gRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Skim
Publication Name: Skim
Story Title: Skim
Author: Mariko Tamaki
Illustrator: Jillian Tamaki
Contributor: Jillian Tamaki (Illustrated by)
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780888999641
ISBN: 9780888999641
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
Genre: Graphic Novels
Release Date: 04/15/2010
Release Year: 2010
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: CA
Item Height: 255mm
Item Length: 174mm
Item Width: 9mm
Item Weight: 297g
