Smile (graphic novel)

Smile

Smile cover
Author	Raina Telgemeier
Genre	Autobiography; Graphic novel; nonfiction
Publisher	Scholastic/Graphix
Publication date	February 2010
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages	224
Awards	Eisner Award, 2011
ISBN
OCLC	289095899
LC Class	RK55.Y68 T45 2010

Smile is an autobiographical graphic novel written by Raina Telgemeier. It gives an account of the author's life from sixth grade to high school. The book is based on Telgemeier's webcomic, Smile.

Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader, but one night she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with on and off braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there's still more: a major earthquake, boy confusion, and friends who turn out to be not so friendly.

The book received positive reviews. The New York Times described it as "a story to comfort readers traversing the years between childhood and adulthood," and named it an "Editors' Choice."Kirkus Reviews called it "irresistible, funny and touching," with "strong writing and emotionally expressive characters"; later, Kirkus designated it one of the best 2010 nonfiction books for teens. According to School Library Journal, it is an "excellent addition to middle school literature." It was included as one of four "Great Graphic Novels for Family Entertainment" in a 2010 article in The Christian Science Monitor.

The book won the 2010 Boston Globe - Horn Book Honor for Nonfiction. In 2011, the book won the Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens. It was also one of Young Adult Library Services Association's 2011 Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens, and a 2011 Association for Library Service to Children Notable Children's Book for Middle Readers. In 2013, it won the Intermediate Young Reader's Choice Award from Washington and the 2013 Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award from Illinois. It won the 2014 Nevada Young Reader Award.