Smile

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The Tooth Hurts: Raina smashes her two front teeth out with blood spurting everywhere in the first chapter. Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award: Awards List.” FictionDB, 1 Feb. 2013, www.fictiondb.com/awards/2013~rebecca-caudill-young-readers-book-award~222.htm. 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.

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Bird, Elizabeth (May 14, 2010). "Blood, Sweat and Teeth". The New York Times . Retrieved February 12, 2013. Raina herself, albeit to a far lesser degree. She can be quite standoffish and snappy towards people who want to help her, including her mother. That being said, she is still a generally good-natured person who loves her family and most of her acting out is due to her insecurities and not due to her being a bad person. Deuben, Alex (February 12, 2010). "Raina Telgemeier Opens Up About "Smile" ". Comic Book Resources. Valnet, Inc . Retrieved January 19, 2021. Smile is a graphic novel based on Telgemeier's experience. [6] This novel is recommended for children who are in fourth grade or above. [4] [5] Bond, Amber Love. "Salt & Straw Partners With Scholastic Inc. To Feature Rad Readers Ice Cream Flavors". Forbes . Retrieved September 27, 2021.Past Boston Globe -- Horn Book Award Winners — The Horn Book". www.hbook.com . Retrieved April 8, 2016. Of her work, Telgemeier said, "I'm more aware than ever of what I want to say to kids through my books [...] it's going to be O.K. That everybody, with just a little bit of talking and a little bit of empathy, can find out that they have a lot in common." [20] Find sources: "Raina Telgemeier"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( June 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: When Raina's father comes home after the earthquake, he lists multiple disasters that are happening in the city. Several buildings are damaged, everyone's in a panic, and worst of all, they had to postpone the world series!

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Although the graphic novel form may provide more opportunities for levity than the traditional novel structure, Smile shows that this literary style can be used to convey serious and emotional events in a compelling manner. [8] Analysis [ edit ] Pants-Pulling Prank: Played for Drama. Raina breaks up with her group of "friends" when one of them does this to her in the school cafeteria.

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. 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 ] Bittersweet Ending: Raina breaks up with her old friends and doesn't get together with Sean. That being said, she still makes nicer friends, accepts her teeth will never look perfect, and rediscovers her artistic talent. Overall, the story leans more towards the sweet part than the bitter part. Ear-Piercing Plot: Raina desperately wants to get her ears pierced, and even gets a few pairs of earrings for her 12th birthday, but her mother is hesitant to get it done. She cites that it was because she got an infection when she had hers pierced, to which Raina then retorts that it was because she "did it with a sewing needle and an ice cube." Eventually, her mother relents and lets her get her ears pierced. Scholars hold that graphic novels, and Smile in particular, can pique the interests of students who do not enjoy reading traditional literature. [9] [4] [10] [5] [11] Writer Jess Bradley cites Smile as a graphic novel that contributed to the increasing popularity of graphic novels around 2010 and a book that continues to attract a large number of readers. [9] A study conducted by Professor William Boerman-Cornell in 2016 upholds the pedagogical value of Smile, as it includes this novel in a list of recommended graphic fiction for middle grade readers. [4] Educational researcher Elizabeth Friese holds that Smile is a graphic novel that provides children with an example of a nontraditional way to share one's life story. [10] Additionally, Friese notes that Telgemeier’s inner voice comes through sharply in this novel in a way that may help students understand their own experiences of consciousness. [10] Professor Laura Jiménez and her colleagues argue that graphic novels like Smile help children learn to integrate source types and engage in the process of meaning-making while reading texts of all forms. [5]