# Raina Telgemeier — books assigned in US schools

**5** books by Raina Telgemeier appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 410L–410L
**Grade span:** 3–9
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/raina-telgemeier
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- friendship (2)
- growing up (2)
- anxiety
- brothers and sisters
- comic books, strips, etc.
- courage
- family
- humor
- identity
- interpersonal relations

## Genres

- Graphic Novel (2)
- Graphic Memoir
- Middle Grade Graphic Novel
- Realistic Fiction

## Every Raina Telgemeier title on file

- [Smile](https://readinglist.school/book/smile) _(410L · Grades 4–8 · 2010)_
- [Drama](https://readinglist.school/book/drama) _(Grades 5–9 · 2012)_
- [Sisters](https://readinglist.school/book/sisters) _(Grades 4–6 · 2012)_
- [Ghosts](https://readinglist.school/book/ghosts) _(Grades 3–6 · 2016)_
- [Guts](https://readinglist.school/book/guts) _(Grades 4–8 · 2019)_

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