Raina Telgemeier

Have you read the book “Smile” ? The book “Smile” is written by Raina Telgemeier . Some themes of the book “Smile” are self - esteem , growing up , and adolescent issues . This book “Smile” is interesting and funny at and some points Raina is like me and can be alike others with braces . The book is mostly about Raina and her problems at school and teeth . Raina wants to be a normal 6th grader until after girl scouts she fell and two front teeth came out. Then comes out that she gets on-again , off-again braces , surgery , embarrassing headgear , and also a retainer with fake teeth attached . After a while there was a major earthquake , boy confusion , and friends who turned out to be not so friendly . This story takes us from middle school…

In my book, “Smile” by Raina Telgemeier is a story about a girl who had an accident that lead her to get her two front permanent teeth knocked out. She goes through 4 years with headgear, braces, surgeries, and a retainer with two fake front teeth on them. Throughout those 4 years she had been through confusing people, an earthquake and friends that turned out in the end to not be so friendly. The three craft moves that I saw in my story was Symbolism, a Flashback and short and long sentences. I…

I'll be discussing the similarities and differences from the books Paper Towns By John Green and drama by Raina Telgemeier even though both books are different in many Ways they hold more similarities than you think . In the book Paper Towns two characters Quentin and Margo find a dead body and they Run home to tell their parents but later find out the man killed himself Margo says “Maybe all his strings broke “ Quentin freaks out and starts to back away but Margo Steps forward the dead…

Imagination Meets Paper Opening a book is like unlocking a door to a limitless place where imagination comes to life. Raina Telgemeier illustrates this concept in her masterpiece, Ghosts. In this exceptional graphic novel, a girl named Cat moves to California with her family in hopes that the air by the sea will help her little sister, who suffers from a lung disease called Cystic Fibrosis, breathe. In California, imagination becomes a reality when Cat realizes that the town is full of Day of…

see all of these color and shapes that is what causes Mia to struggle in some of her classes. On the other hand, in the book Sisters, Raina is the oldest and wanted to have a sister in her family. The theme of both A Mango-Shaped Space and Sisters is that a family is important so spend time with them now cause soon there might not be another chance. The theme in the book A Mango-Shaped…

posted a hate tweet, aimed towards Jazz. He wrote, “‘Transgender’ is a myth. Gender is not fluid; its ordained by God”. Jazz had to accept herself, and to fight against the discrimination and hate people such as Derek were presenting her. When she became comfortable accepting who she is, her personality showed the strong, powerful woman whom she felt she was, people treated her this way. In Star-Crossed, Barbara Dee shows the theme of acceptance through the character Mattie, as she goes through…

Banned book week What you think about books being banned in a free country?while you're pondering about books being banned lots of books across the US have been banned for so many reasons like sexually explicit ,unsuited for certain age groups,drugs ,alcohol ,smoking ,homosexuality and these are mostly banned in public school and libraries. Thanks to American library association for defending the writers to promote the freedom of writing and expressing them selfs in their books. The perks of…

Ghosts “Ghosts” is a graphic novel written by Raina Telgemeier, an author who is also known for other popular books like “Smile”, “Drama”, “The Baby- Sitters Club” and “Sisters”. This book takes place in present-day Bahía de la Luna in California; a cold and gloomy place where the sun only shines for about sixty-two days in a year. Cat, or Catrina, is a snappy sixth-grader who is terrified of ghosts and other spooky things. She has to leave her friends behind and move to northern California…

social inequity is and why people should not be segregated by it. On a similar note, authors of various genres of literature can use their writing to influence society views into becoming more tolerant and accepting. More specifically, authors of books and articles have the greatest influence on today’s society, because they can easily be found online. Books, for example, are not usually written with an LGBT character featured in it and even less have one as a main character, but those that…

doctor is still her goal, at her current age. Another strong discussion question for this nonfiction book would be, "summarize why doctors need to know about the body and its functions, to do doctors jobs correctly." This allows Lexi to further think about doctors careers, and how the body plays apart in a doctors career. Even though Lexi said that she only liked fiction novels, this book will be interesting to her, due to the fact that she wants to be a doctor. The next novel I chose for Lexi…