The Premise
Sometimes changing how you look can all depend on the teeth. That's what Smile by Reina Telgemeier is all about. Raina just want to be a normal 6th grader. Not with the best teeth so shes going to get braces. One day after a girl scouts meeting Raina trips, and falls right on her jaw. She has found out that her two front teeth have fallen out. She was going to get braces anyways, but now she has no front teeth. Smile just isn't about her teeth she also has some problems with friends, family, and... boys. Raina has friends but aren't they nicest they make jokes about here way too many jokes. it seems like they bully her even when Raina asks them to stop. The main character is Raina a girl who is about to start 6th grade. Smile takes place in San Francisco. This book is a graphic novel/ realist fiction.
SPOILER ALERT !!!
At the end Raina gets new and nice friends that don't make fun of her. Also her two front teeth grew back in. With lots of time, and different type of treatments. She had to get braces for a while, but then she got to take them off. She had a crush but at the end he never liked her. When Raina got into 7th grade a the grader started to like her. And at the end she liked him to. so they got together. Raina's mom was also always worried about her growing up. Though what happened was that her mom realized that her " baby " had to grow up. so at the end her braces got off and she got to show her smile.
Theme Analysis
I think this book's theme was like a be yourself, express yourself no matter what kind of book. Because when Raina decided to speak up to her old " friends " to stop bullying her showed that she was tired of being bossed around. Also when Raina taught that everyone judged her by her teeth, but her true friend never noticed. So that proves the point of what I think about the theme of the book.
I liked how you didn't start out with " The book I read was called...". I also liked how you described most of the book in one paragraph. It was very detailed. Although, it says " a grader started to..." instead of "a sixth grader started to...". Good job. I also read this book! :)
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to read this book! Great job, Jaz.
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