Smile
Author: Raina Telgemeier
Family, Friends, Boys…Dental Drama?!A True StoryRaina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girls 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, t….Read More
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Raina Telgemeier’s #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning companion to Smile! Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she… Continue Reading Posted in: Children's Abuse Books, Children's Books, Children's Comics & Graphic Novels, Comics & Graphic Novels, Siblings
Ghosts
Ghosts opens with a shipwreck, leaving a party of sightseers temporarily marooned on an island. The stranded castaways make their way towards the refuge of the isle’s reclusive savant; but… Continue Reading Posted in: British & Irish Literary Fiction, Freddie (Fictitious Character), Islands, Magical Realism, Montgomery, Suspense Fiction
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