"Weird... something happens when you smile at people. They smile back." Author: Raina Telgemeier Illustrator: Raina Telgemeier (colors by Stephanie Yue) Literary genre: autobiographical coming-of-age graphic novel Editor: Scholastic Publication date: 2010 Number of pages: 224 Summary: Smile is about an 11 year old girl named Raina who lives in San Francisco with her family: mother, father, sister (Amara) and brother (Will). She is a sixth grader at Aptos Middle School and just wants to be a normal girl. But one night, after a meeting of Girl Scouts she falls and injures her two front teeth. After this accident Raina deals with a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. But not only that, she has also to survive to a major earthquake, annoying siblings and friends who turn out to be not so friendly... My opinion: I actually read this novel two years ago but I remember...
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