"Smile" by Raina Telgemeier was so cute and brought back a lot of awful school and braces memories, but luckily I'm far enough removed that I was able to laugh about how terrible it was rather than cry. I had braces three times, twice as an adult, so I felt her pain. Raina knocked out her two front teeth and spent four and a half years getting the problem corrected, going to specialist after specialist. Poor kid. All while starting (and finishing) middle school and starting high school. She crushes on a couple of guys, deals with all the major puberty things (zits, bras) and dumps a group of catty friends and makes new, better ones. You go, girl! (I had a very similar experience in junior high, too). I can see why this book has been so popular, it's got a lot that kids can relate to.
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