Smile C. Spike Trotman A shape-shifter who tells Christine

A shape-shifter who tells Christine anything she wants to hear

By Erica D'Urso & Mat Groom

Follow Lilla as she stumbles her way through each of them in Eleanor Crewes’s uniquely illustrated debut middle-grade graphic novel

It is about finding personal balance in the face of the limits of gender and sexuality

"Reads almost like a John Updike novel

Smile C. Spike Trotman A shape-shifter who tells ChristineBy Raina Telgemeier. Published by Scholastic. Softcover, 224 pages, Colour, 2014. 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, theres still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy