We just got the newest set of Raina Telgemeier’s comic books! She is a well-known north-American artist. She’s won twice the Will Eisner Award and all her works have been in the New York Times Bestsellers List.
Raina Tegelmeier was born in Colorado in 1977 and has two younger siblings, Amara and William. As a teenager had a dental issue and carried braces for some years. Some classmates made fun of her because of that and she took refuge in drawing.. At some point she broke down when laughed in public and had to move to another school. There she found friends who did appreciate her excellent drawings and this boosted her self-esteem. She studied graphic illustration in New York Visual Art’s School. This story she tells us in…
an autobiography, narrates the author’s life from sixth grade unto High School. It’s a recomforting story for readers who are undergoing this stage in life, from childhood into adulthood. It’s an irresistible, funny and touching story, with a powerful writing and characters emotionally put-forward, as the Kirkus Review and The New York Times declare. Originally the book was a webcomic and won many awards, amongst them was the Boston Globe for non-fiction in 2010 and the Nevada Young Reader in 2014.
also a biographic novel, is the seque lof SMILE and it shows a long trip by road done by her family during summer, from San Francisco to Colorado, where she explores the relationship between Raina and her younger sister, Amara. The sister gave her consent to publish the story and helped in the writing. The same as with SMILE, it won many awards and was for many weeks in a row in the NewYork Times Bestseller List.
