Smile C. Spike Trotman Follow Lilla as she stumbles

Follow Lilla as she stumbles her way through each of them in Eleanor Crewes’s uniquely illustrated debut middle-grade graphic novel

In his subtle

"Reads almost like a John Updike novel

in the best way

Smile C. Spike Trotman Follow Lilla as she stumblesBy Raina Telgemeier. Published by Scholastic. Softcover, 224 pages, Colour, 2014. Raina just wanted to be a normal girl, 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, theres still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy