Skim by Mariko & Jillian Tamaki

I had a dream
I put my hands
inside my chest
and held my heart

to try to keep it still

When the boyfriend of popular girl Katie Matthews commits suicide Skim watches her fellow peers as they go into grieving overdrive. She makes biting and witty observations in her diary, all the while struggling to find her place in the world. The simple line drawings compliment Skim’s sparse way of speaking in this engrossing graphic novel.

Skim is longlisted for the Silver Inky