Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Book

Author:

Telgemeier, Raina, creator.

Title:

Smile / Raina Telgemeier ; with color by Stephanie Yue.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher, Date:

New York : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2010.

Description:

213 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Summary:

Raina Telgemeier's #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir based on her childhood! Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there's still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy confusion, and friends who turn out to be not so friendly.

"Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after girl scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with the on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there's still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy confusion, and friends that turn out to be not so friendly. Raina's story takes us from middle school to high school, where she discovers her artistic voice, finds out what true friendship really means and where she can finally ... smile."--Publisher information

Target Audience Note:

GN410L Lexile

Decoding: 5 (very hard) Vocabulary: 5 (very hard) Sentences: 4 (hard) Patterns: 5 (very hard) Lexile.

Series:

Smile Series ; 1

Smile Series ; 1.

Subjects:

Telgemeier, Raina -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Youth -- Dental care -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Girls -- Dental care -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Self-esteem in adolescence -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Beauty, Personal -- Comic books, strips, etc.