{"id":321,"date":"2011-05-13T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=321"},"modified":"2013-06-12T08:34:02","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T13:34:02","slug":"smile-by-raina-telgemeier-nonfiction-braces-school-yikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=321","title":{"rendered":"Smile, by Raina Telgemeier (book review) &#8211; braces, school, yikes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" alt=\"book cover of Smile by Raina Telegemeier published by Scholastic\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6jfAVvAkuVM\/TrqI2mhg7cI\/AAAAAAAAHNc\/VgHLpDYD4DY\/s200\/Smile.jpg?resize=143%2C200\" width=\"143\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/>Braces!<br \/>\nJunior high!<br \/>\nMore <a href=\"http:\/\/kidshealth.org\/teen\/your_body\/medical_care\/braces.html\" target=\"_blank\">braces<\/a>!<br \/>\nHigh school!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll bet that Raina felt like lots of her days as a teen were Friday the thirteenths, as this autobiographical graphic novel shows. I&#8217;ve met her at conferences, and she&#8217;s funny and cool and excited about new projects.<\/p>\n<p>And her husband, Dave Roman, is a cartoonist\/author, too! He proposed to her using a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webcomicsnation.com\/daveroman\/engaged\/series.php\" target=\"_blank\">webcomic<\/a>!<br \/>\n**kmm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>: Smile \/ by Raina Telgemeier. Graphix (Scholastic), 2010. [<a href=\"http:\/\/goraina.com\/books_smile.html\" target=\"_blank\">author&#8217;s website<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/smile\/\" target=\"_blank\">publisher site<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>My Book Talk<\/strong>: A graphic novel about friends, family, boys, girls, and major dental drama! Autobiography in comic style \u2013 with braces! When Raina knocks out her 2 front teeth in sixth grade, getting braces doesn\u2019t seem so bad. But her teeth won\u2019t reset right, so it\u2019s on to root canal surgery and a retainer with false front teeth and headgear to wear at night! Getting her ears pierced for her birthday makes things a little better; having a bratty little sister who teases her\u2026 well, Amara\u2019s always like that.<\/p>\n<p>Seventh grade gets interesting, with cute boys and the big San Francisco earthquake of 1989 and more dental surgery (braces and headgear \u2013 again!). Raina wonders why some friends don\u2019t stay friendly and why some boys aren\u2019t friendly enough. She decides to try out for the basketball team in eighth grade (teeth-moving still in progress), enjoys being a Girl Scout camp counselor in the summer, and worries about going to high school.<\/p>\n<p>So what will life in high school be like, with new friends and old friends, new classes and old heartaches, and her still in braces? Raina illustrates her own story with humor and style, as we walk with her through junior high and high school, with the next orthodontist\u2019s appointment always on her mom\u2019s calendar. (one of 5,000 books recommended on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abookandahug.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.abookandahug.com<\/a>) Review copy\u00a0 and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Braces! Junior high! More braces! High school! I&#8217;ll bet that Raina felt like lots of her days as a teen were Friday the thirteenths, as this autobiographical graphic novel shows. I&#8217;ve met her at conferences, and she&#8217;s funny and cool and excited about new projects. And her husband, Dave Roman, is a cartoonist\/author, too! 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