This One Summer

Cold

Gertie's Leap to Greatness

Unicorn Power!: Lumberjanes

Emiko Superstar

Amina's Song: Amina's Voice

Girl in Reverse

Becoming Brianna: Emmie & Friends

Heartbreakingly funny, moving and vibrantly drawn, Skim is an extraordinary book—a smart and sensitive graphic novel of the highest literary and artistic quality, by and about young women.

"Skim" is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth who goes to a private girls' school. When Skim's classmate Katie Matthews is dumped by her boyfriend, who then kills himself, the entire school goes into mourning overdrive. As concerned guidance counselors provide lectures on the "cycle of grief," and the popular clique starts a new club (Girls Celebrate Life!) to bolster school spirit, Skim sinks into an ever-deepening depression.

And falling in love only makes things worse...

Suicide, depression, love, being gay or not, crushes, cliques, and finding a way to be your own fully human self—are all explored in this brilliant collaboration by cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki. An edgy, keenly observed and poignant glimpse into the heartache of being young.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

This One Summer

Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki, 2014

Cold

Mariko Tamaki, 2022

Gertie's Leap to Greatness

Jillian Tamaki, Kate Beasley, 2016

Unicorn Power!: Lumberjanes

Mariko Tamaki, Brooklyn Allen, 2017

Emiko Superstar

Mariko Tamaki, 2008

Amina's Song: Amina's Voice

Hena Khan, 2021

Girl in Reverse

Barbara Stuber, 2014

Becoming Brianna: Emmie & Friends

Terri Libenson, 2020