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Smile is an autobiographical graphic novel written by Raina Telgemeier. [1] It was published in February 2010 by Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. [2] The novel provides an account of the author's life, characterized by dental procedures and struggles with fitting in, from sixth grade to high school.
Raina Telgemeier (/ ˈ t ɛ l ɡ ə ˌ m aɪ ər /, [1] May 26, 1977 [2]) is an American cartoonist.Her works include the autobiographical webcomic Smile, which was published as a full-color middle grade graphic novel in February 2010, and the follow-up Sisters and the fiction graphic novel Drama, all of which have been on The New York Times Best Seller lists.
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As with the 2 other books in the Smile series, Guts is an autobiographical novel detailing events of Telgemeier's life. In an interview with Reading Rockets, Telgemeier explains that originally, she did not want to write about her belly problems as she thought it would be too "gross" and "disgusting".
The New Statesman said: "Smile is a Trojan Horse. The tale of how a man got on with his life after an abusive childhood, in part by laughing at it, is a disguise: Doyle’s tactic is to puncture the comedy of Irish storytelling and show that it can camouflage horrific histories.
Smile! is a children's book by Geraldine McCaughrean. In 2004 it won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Bronze Award. [ 1 ] It is about a photographer stranded in the wilderness with only ten shots left on his Polaroid camera.