Smile

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Braces of Orthodontic Overkill: Downplayed, if not averted. Raina's mouthgear is fairly realistic ( justified as this is an autobiographical work). Doesn't stop her "friends" from making fun of her anyways. Deuben, Alex (February 12, 2010). "Raina Telgemeier Opens Up About "Smile" ". Comic Book Resources. Valnet, Inc . Retrieved January 19, 2021. Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens". Young Adult Library Services Association. 21 December 2010 . Retrieved 2013-02-17. Lynn Johnston, creator of For Better or For Worse “I’ve been writing about teen girls for 25 years and have never come close to what Raina has so magically captured in her funny, sad, inspiring and touching story. I guess I should have had more dental work.” Notable Children's Books | Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)". www.ala.org. January 18, 2012 . Retrieved April 8, 2016.

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We Used to Be Friends: By the end, Raina "breaks up" with her old friendship circle after realizing how horrible they treated her and no longer hangs out with them; however, they still stop for short conversations in the halls. Eisner: 2011( Smile), 2015( Sisters), 2017( Ghosts), Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids' Comics: 2017 ( Ghosts), Inkpot Award: 2023 Raina's friend Melissa joins in on teasing her, but she does seem to genuinely like Raina, sympathizing with her after Raina's 8th grade class learns about her crush on Sean. This is probably why Raina and Melissa hang out together the most, and why Raina is only comfortable with telling her about her crush on Sammy. In her last scene in the book (the first day of high school), Melissa tells Raina to smile more often. Nominees are described as "Honor Books". [30] According to Telgemeier, this was the first time a graphic novel was nominated for this award. [31] [ bettersourceneeded] Hart, James (February 24, 2005). "Superheroes get bizarre treatment". The Kansas City Star, Pg. G18.

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Wildsmith, Snow (December 30, 2009). "Review: Smile". School Library Journal "it has a shark in it" blog . Retrieved February 15, 2013. Imagine Spot: Several times when Raina worries about what her braces/dental work will look like. Played with at the end, when she thinks her teeth look bad prior to her final cosmetic procedure, but none of her friends notice anything. The impact of Smile can be seen in the way that it has been incorporated into other works. [22] In 2014, Mark Tatulli wrote Smile into his daily comic strip Heart of the City, as heroine Heart Lamarr discovers the graphic novel on a trip to the library with her mother. [22] Awards [ edit ] Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism: Zigzags between the two ends of the spectrum by not sugarcoating how hard adolescence can be, and by cutting Raina a break every now and then to show her appreciating some aspects of growing up. The ending, however, is firmly on the idealistic end. Especially the last bit of narration.

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a b "2003 Ignatz Award Recipients". smallpressexpo.com. October 1, 2003 . Retrieved November 19, 2020. The artwork, while excellent overall, is less consistent compared to Sisters, with Raina's father changing appearance multiple times until Raina finally settled on a design she liked. This is most likely due to the book starting as a webcomic. The periodontist is implied to be such, given his expression when he deep cleans (under her gums) seems pretty sadistic. Amara - A six-year-old (in the end 10-year-old). She teased Raina for her braces, is not very social, and argues with Will and Raina.

Raina Telgemeier". Scholastic. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017 . Retrieved November 20, 2020. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) According to the ALA, Drama was among the top ten most challenged book in libraries and schools in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. Reasons given for challenges and bans have included having LGBTQIA+ content and characters, sexually explicit content, an "offensive political viewpoint", being "confusing", and for concerns that it goes against “family values/morals”. [42] Personal life [ edit ]

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Great Graphic Novels for Teens | Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)". www.ala.org. July 30, 2007 . Retrieved April 8, 2016. a b c d Jiménez, Laura M., et al. "Moving Our Can(n)ons: Toward an Appreciation of Multimodal Texts in the Classroom." The Reading Teacher, vol. 71, no. 3, 2017, pp. 363-368, doi: 10.1002/trtr.1630. Top 10 Most Challenged Books Lists". American Library Association. March 26, 2013 . Retrieved November 20, 2020. Sisters, released in 2014, about her life growing up with her younger sister. [7] [ bettersourceneeded]In 2021, Salt & Straw partnered with Scholastic Inc. and made a line of Comics themed ice creams. [21] Telgemeier's ice cream flavor was called "Smile: Words & Pictures" which Salt & Straw said was "A pencil-inspired yellow and pink almond-infused sponge cake and Stracciatella “pencil shavings'' are strewn about a notebook paper-esque canvas, in this case trusty vanilla ice cream." [22] Bad Vibrations: Used with Raina's depiction of the 1989 Loma Preita earthquake, which took place during the events of the story.

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a b c Wilkinson, Caryn. "Graphic Novels: A Scaffolding Strategy for Young Writers." The Reading Teacher, vol. 69, no. 4, 2016, pp. 401, doi: 10.1002/trtr.1433.Don't focus too much on your appearance. The people who are closest to you either won't notice or won't care. a b "Comics Made Personal." Scholastic Art, vol. 42, no. 2, 2011, pp. 8-9. ProQuest Central, Research Library.