Skim Michael Kennedy Once upon a time

Once upon a time

she’s half dog

I didn’t expect to laugh out loud at a complicated depiction of people at war with themselves and with everyone else

a great story about being true to yourself and the kind of companionship you can find when you do

Skim Michael Kennedy Once upon a timeBy Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki. Published by Groundwood Books. Softcover, 144 pages, B&W, 2010. 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