Skim
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Product Details
Author:
Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
144
Publisher:
Groundwood Books (March 1, 2010)
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9780888999641
ISBN-10:
088899964X
Weight:
10.88oz
Dimensions:
6.5" x 10" x 0.37"
Case Pack:
22
File:
PGW-LEGATO-Metadata_Only_Publishers_Group_West_Customer_Group_Metadata_20260120164631-20260120.xml
Folder:
PGW
As low as:
$16.33
List Price:
$18.99
Publisher Identifier:
P-PER
Discount Code:
C
Audience:
Young adult
Age Range:
14
Grade Level:
9th Grade
Country of Origin:
Canada
Pub Discount:
60
Imprint:
Groundwood Books
Overview
"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.
