We have this book in the library, I've read it 5 times and I'm still not bored of it! I'm going to ask for it on my birthday. Here is a review for those who haven't read it: Raina is getting braces and is not looking forward to it. So at girls scout camp she asks her friends that have braces what it's like. When Raina gets home with her friends (they're carpooling) they have a race to the front door. Raina almost catches up to one of them and grabs them by the back, but then her hand slips and she falls face down in the cement. She thinks shes okay until she sees a trail of blood and finds one of her front tooth in the blood. Raina's parents come out and help Raina into the house and try to search for the other tooth, but they can't find it. They go to the dentist and the dentist finds the other tooth pushed up in the gum. He pulls it down and puts the fallen tooth in place. Then he puts a thing over the two teeth to keep it in place and safe. The next week they take the thing down, but it pushed the 2 teeth up so she looked like a vampire. All her friends at school call her vampire girl. Soon Raina got braces on her two front teeth. After a few days Raina got to take those braces down and the dentist pulled out her two front teeth and got a retainer with 2 fake teeth attached to it. After the retainer Raina got two fake teeth and she got braces. In 7th grade she starts to like a boy that's a 6th grade in music class, but after the Valentine dance that Raina went to, but started to feel weird and went home. They haven't talked since then. Soon Raina started liking Sten. A good basket ball player and artist. So started wanting to try basket ball. She didn't make it, which is good cause she wouldn't want to break her teeth again. It's almost Raina's birthday and Raina wants earrings. When Raina goes to the dentist again to take out the fake tooth, he sees that Raina has a lot of gum damage so she has to go to another type of dentist that a forgot the name, but you can find it in the book. It hurt a lot! When Raina was done she looked it the mirror. There was a lot of bruses on her gums and faints. Raina's mom gets angery cause they did stuff she didn't want them to do. Soon Raina got braces again. On her birthday party everyone gave her earings. Durrying the sleep over part of the party Raina's friends trick Raina into thinking tehey asked Sten what he likes and they give Raina a makeover. Soon Raina finds out it was all a joke. A week later she got her ears pierced and it didn't even hurt! It makes her feel like a real teenager. Near the end of the year Raina's friends hand boyfriends that will invite other friends so they would eat with lots of boys. Soon Raina is invited to a party. When they lay spin the bottle, Raina passes. Then it's summer again. Raina went to vist her Grandma in china, play video games, last year of being camp leader, and braces geting tightened. Soon little hooks were attached on to 2 of the braces and a rubber band would go across which will slowly push the teeth together and cover the gap. when Raina gets to school she actedentlly spills her braces equitment and her friend start teasing her that shes trying to hid her dog breath. When Raina buys something from the vending machine her friends pull down her skirt infront of everyone. Raina runs to the bathroom and start crying. Her friends come to cheer her up, but she is still angry. When Raina walks out the 2 other friends who pulled down her skirt sre waiting for her to cry. Raina starts saying she is not a vampier or a dog. She breaks up with her friends and storm off. Durring PE she is happy she and run at her own pace instead of puffing to catch up. She runs peacefully till a voice says "Heh heh, and I thought I was the only slow poke around her." Her name was Trisha. Raina and Trisha become friends. Trisha introduce Raina to her friends. Trisha, Raina, and some of Trisha's friends work on a poster for a dance together. Soon Raina can get her braces off and think her teeth are mishapen and green. At school she asks her friends and they think they look great. At the dance she and her new friends dance together when they see a photo for 25 cents they go. And the photogragher says 1, 2, 3, Smile! And Raina Smiles. The End
Smile
By Raina Telgemeier
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 1 - 5 | T | 2.6 | 8270 |
Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there's still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy confusion, and friends who turn out to be not so friendly.
Book Reviews (3626)
good review
I want to read it sooo bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to read it because it hase an interesting cover and all the other comments say this book is good. Also,I think some1 in my school has this book. Too bad its the holidays and I can't ask her. :(
I recommend not reading this book if you don't like comic books.
the best book ever it only took me 2 days to finish it and there were 212 pages
My friend read this book and she said this was a very good book so I'm pretty sure it's a good book but I haven't read it just yet can't find it anywhere
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good
It's sooooo inspiaring. It makes me soo much better
O MY GOSH!! This book is sooo awsome. It's so inspireing. It makes me feel a lot better about getting braces. It's funny, and very amazing
.this was a realy good book that is good for people with or soon geeting braces. I loved this book!.
i like this book