Hello, the book I have chosen to share with you all today is Smile by Raina Telgemaier. This 214 page graphic novel is a very quick read for anyone. I think this book is pushed more toward girls than boys.
All Raina wants to be is a cool sixth grader. One night after girl scouts Raina starts to run home, when she trips and falls right on her face. When she does so, her two front teeth fall out. She finds one, but where’s the other one? The head straight to the dentist to find that her tooth when up into her gum. Frustrating years with braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and a retainer with fake teeth attached. While going through all of that she still struggles with boys, friends, and parents. This book, for me, was really easy to relate to because of all of the orthodontist issues she went through.
"Telgemeier's storytelling and full-color cartoony images form a story that will cheer and inspire any middle-schooler dealing with orthodontia." states Booklist.
The author’s writing styles seemed a lot like Vera Brosgol, the author of Anya’s Ghost. They are both really great graphic novel authors. Raina Telgemaier has not won any awards yet. She has also self-published mini-comics called Take-Out, a short story in Bizarro World for DC Comics a short story in Volume 4 of the Flight anthology, and four graphic novel adaptations of Ann M Martin’s The Baby-sitters club series. For Scholastic/Graphix she wrote Kristy's Great Idea, The Truth About Stacey, Mary Anne Saves the Day and Claudia and Mean Janine.
This book didn’t have a lot of quotes but my favorite part of this book is when she gets a little cast on her teeth and could say her s’s for a day or so. I think all of you should read this book especially if you are looking for a book to finish really quickly to reach 40 books.
Recommended by Claire Nieman
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