SKIM
Graphic novel, co-created with Mariko Tamaki
Groundwood Books, 2008
144p, Hardcover, Ages 14 & up
ISBN: 978-0-88899-753-1
Skim” is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth who goes to a private girls’ school. When her classmate Katie Matthews is dumped by her boyfriend, who then kills himself because he was (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. When Ms. Archer abruptly leaves the school, Skim has to cope with her confusion and isolation. Her best friend, Lisa, tries to pull her into “real” life by setting up a hilarious double-date for the school’s semi formal, and Skim finds an unexpected ally in Katie.
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Selected Awards
2008 Governor General’s Literary Award Nominee
2008 Ignatz Award for Best Graphic Novel
2008 New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books List
2009 Doug Wright Award Winner, Best Book
2009 Eisner award nominee (Best Publication for Teens, Writer, New Graphic Album, Penciller/Inker)
2008 Best of Books of the Year: Publishers Weekly, Quill & Quire
2011 Most Awesome Book, Toms River Library Teen Gay Straight Book Club
Selected Press
New York Times / Paul Gravett / Globe & Mail / Toronto Star / Cooperative Children’s Book Center / FFWD Calgary / Q (CBC) / Canadian Literature Review / Edmonton Vue / BUST / Halifax’s The Coast / Slate /Rabble.ca / Xtra! Manitoba Library Association / Bookslut / Publishers Weekly / Irish Times / Quill & Quire /
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