# Smile

**Author:** Raina Telgemeier
**Lexile:** 410L
**Grade range:** Grades 4–8
**Age range:** 9–13
**First published:** 2010
**Page count:** 224
**Genre:** Middle Grade Graphic Novel
**ISBN-13:** `9780545132053`
**ISBN-10:** `0545132053`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/smile
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

After Raina knocks out her two front teeth in a fall, she endures years of braces, surgery, and headgear — all while navigating friendships, earthquakes, and growing up. Raina Telgemeier's Eisner-winning graphic memoir is one of the most-read middle-grade graphic novels, beloved in grades 4-8 for its honesty and humor.

## Themes

- growing up
- friendship
- self-acceptance
- humor

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: WeAreTeachers 2025 Summer Reading List — Middle Grades](https://www.weareteachers.com/summer-reading-list-for-kids/)
- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: WeAreTeachers 2025 Summer Reading List — Middle Grades](https://www.weareteachers.com/summer-reading-list-for-kids/)
- **recommended** · 6th grade — [source: WeAreTeachers 2025 Summer Reading List — Middle Grades](https://www.weareteachers.com/summer-reading-list-for-kids/)
- **recommended** · 7th grade — [source: WeAreTeachers 2025 Summer Reading List — Middle Grades](https://www.weareteachers.com/summer-reading-list-for-kids/)
- **recommended** · 8th grade — [source: WeAreTeachers 2025 Summer Reading List — Middle Grades](https://www.weareteachers.com/summer-reading-list-for-kids/)

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