{"product_id":"skim-by-mariko-tamaki-9780888999641","title":"Skim","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSkim\u003c\/em\u003e was chosen by the New York Times Book Review as one of the 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSkim\u003c\/em\u003e 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 due to rumours of being gay, the school enters a period of intense mourning, with each clique searching for something to hold on to and believe in. It's a strange time to fall in love, but that's high school, and it's precisely what happens to Skim when she begins to meet secretly with her neo-hippie English teacher, Ms. Archer. But when Ms. Archer suddenly leaves, Skim finds herself struggling to cope with confusion and isolation, armed with her trusty journal and a desire to shed old friendships while cautiously exploring new ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDepression, love, sexual identity, crushes, and manipulative peers—teen life in all its dramatic complexities is explored in this touching, pitch-perfect, literary graphic masterpiece. Cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki brilliantly collaborate in this poignant glimpse into the heartache of being sixteen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnalyse 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDescribe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExplain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487528960236,"sku":"9780888999641","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/0d69b52bfb2bf9c280745e7cc21537ff.jpg?v=1775774983","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/skim-by-mariko-tamaki-9780888999641","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}