Smile/Sisters/Guts Box Set

Raina Telgemeier is a New York Times bestselling author of three laugh-out-loud graphic novels about growing up. Smile tells the story of Raina's journey with braces, surgery, and a retainer with fake teeth. Guts follows Raina's struggles with a terrible upset stomach and her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. Sisters tells the story of Raina's relationship with her sister, Amara, as they navigate the challenges of growing up together.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 656 pages
Publication date: 05 August 2021
Publisher: Scholastic US

Three laugh-out-loud graphic novels from the New York Times bestselling author Raina Telgemeier. Smile. Raina just wanted to be a normal girl, but one night after Girl 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, there's still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy confusion, and friends who turn out to not be so friendly. Sisters Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, something doesn't seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after all. Raina uses her signature humor and charm in both the present-day narrative and perfectly placed flashbacks to tell the story of her relationship with her sister, which unfolds during the course of a road trip from their home in San Francisco to a family reunion in Colorado. Guts. Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's stomach trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going on? Raina Telgemeier brings us three thoughtful, charming, and funny true stories about growing up and gathering the courage to be true to yourself.

Weight: 1212g
Dimension: 329 x 252 x 53 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781338599459