Her main breakthrough into published comics came from creating graphic novel adaptations of Baby-Sitters Club novels. [2] In a piece for Cosmopolitan, Telgemeier said that she met an editor from Scholastic at an art gallery party in 2004 who mentioned that Scholastic was thinking of setting up a graphic novel imprint. At that year's San Diego Comic-Con, Telgemeier met that editor's boss, who invited her to pitch an idea for Scholastic. After Telgemeier mentioned she had been a fan of Ann M. Martin's The Baby-Sitters Club series, they asked her to work up a graphic novel adaptation. [7] [ bettersourceneeded] Scholastic, though its imprint Graphix went on to publish four graphic novels in the series: Kristy's Great Idea, The Truth About Stacey, Mary Anne Saves the Day, and Claudia and Mean Janine. [13] According to Telgemeier, the advances for the adaptations allowed Telgemeier to quit her full-time job and concentrate on her art, and she completed the fourth Baby-Sitters Club novel in 2008. [7] [ bettersourceneeded]

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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.

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Eisner: 2011( Smile), 2015( Sisters), 2017( Ghosts), Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids' Comics: 2017 ( Ghosts), Inkpot Award: 2023 a b Smith, Jennifer M., and Kathryn Pole. "What's Going on in a Graphic Novel?" The Reading Teacher, vol. 72, no. 2, 2018, pp. 169-177, doi: 10.1002/trtr.1695. Although Smile is not a violent story, there are moments of teeth-related gore that might gross out some readers, especially when Raina falls and loses her front teeth and leaves a pool of blood on the asphalt. Editors' Choice: Recent Books of Particular Interest". The New York Times. May 23, 2010 . Retrieved February 15, 2013. Ghosts, released in 2016, about a girl who can see ghosts, and adventures in a new town during Day of the Dead. [7] [ bettersourceneeded]

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Karma Houdini: Raina's first group of friends do pants her and come to harangue her in the bathroom where she's crying alone. All she does is chew them out and break up with them, with is sadly Truth in Television that bullies aren't sorry and never will be. If there were any justice, they'd have been confronted by the teachers for essentially committing assault and sexual harassment. 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]Rage Breaking Point: In the middle of her dental work ordeal, Raina puts up with a lot of teasing from her friends. Until, that is, some of them sneak up and jerk her skirt down in front of dozens of other students. Their defense that she was wearing tights underneath it (and thus obviously nothing was shown) cuts no ice with a furious Raina, who lambastes them for both that and the constant digs at her braces, and she stops hanging around with them immediately. Raina's friend Melissa joins in on teasing her, but she does seem to genuinely like Raina, sympathizing with her after Raina's 8th grade class learns about her crush on Sean. This is probably why Raina and Melissa hang out together the most, and why Raina is only comfortable with telling her about her crush on Sammy. In her last scene in the book (the first day of high school), Melissa tells Raina to smile more often. a b "A Graphic Novel Smiles! | News For Kids, By Kids | Scholastic.com". www.scholastic.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2017 . Retrieved November 20, 2020.