Jawbreaker

Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Smile, a refreshingly honest middle-grade debut novel about toxic sibling rivalry, socioeconomic disparity, and dental drama.Max Plink's life is complicated. The school bullies are relentless--and her own sister is the cruelest of them. Her parents aren't getting along.

With a mismatched puzzle of a jaw, Max has a Class II malocclusion, otherwise known as a severe overbite. Worst of all, her mouth is a mess. She already has braces, which means she lives on Advil and soft foods after each orthodontist appointment.

But now Max has to wear painful (and totally awkward) orthodontic headgear nicknamed "the jawbreaker." Could things get any worse?Yes. The journalism competition Max wants to enter has a video component. But being on camera means showing her face not just to her junior high classmates, but possibly the whole