It's very cool to see an inspirational moment and I have no doubt it will have a marvelous influence on readers. They are present in this story, calm and loving, sometimes make goofy jokes, and always there for Raina, whether it's her mom driving her to various doctors or chewing out the periodontist who, during a deep cleaning of Raina's gums, neglected to anesthetize her properly, causing Raina to faint on the way out of the office, or grudgingly allowing Raina to get her ears pierced on her thirteenth birthday.ĭuring this challenging time, Raina sees the movie The Little Mermaid and, despite her initial belief that it will be boring, is wowed. One of the things that I love most about Smile is the role that Raina's parents are given in the graphic novel. Telgemeier does a fabulous job capturing the fear that she and her parents felt as well as their response to the situation. When she pulls herself together, she realizes that she has knocked out her two front teeth. Later that night, running with her friends after a Girl Scouts meeting, Raina trips. The next page shows cars zooming down the freeway, taking sixth grader Raina to her first orthodontist appointment where she'll get prepped for braces. Smile has a fabulous title page that shows the view from the top of a mountain overlooking San Francisco, where Telgemeier grew up.
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