Guts

Scholastic — 2019

A true story from Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile, Sisters, Drama, and Ghosts! 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 tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going on? Raina Telgemeier once again brings us a thoughtful, charming, and funny true story about growing up and gathering the courage to face -- and conquer -- her fears.

Reviews

Sarah Sammis@pussreboots

Apr 4, 2024

Guts by Raina Telgemeier is the third in the Smile graphic novel memoir series. In Quebecois, the title is Courage and that's an important insight for the themes of the book. http://pussreboots.com/blog/2019/comm...

Raven K@readsbyrae15

Nov 5, 2023

*4.5

Ken Yuen@kyuenrobo

May 10, 2022

A deeply personal story. Hope it gives comfort and normalcy to other people going through the same issues

Fiona Coffey@bibliofi

Dec 17, 2021

I first read Smile by Raina Telgemeier when I was about 12 in 7th grade. Though it’s been over a decade since then, I was excited to see that she’d written another book! Guts is really cute, and really relatable to the issues of dealing with fear of vomiting and IBS. I honestly wish that this book had come out when I was younger, because I think it would have helped me a lot. No matter how old I am I’ll always read more of Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novels.

Mia@paperbackgirl

Sep 3, 2021

Excellent graphic memoir! Talks about emotional health in a compassionate, kid-friendly, and relatable way.

Corinne Few@tmnthq18

Jan 20, 2023

Susan Forsythe@bookmaven

Mar 3, 2022

jordan Ariel johnson@deafreader18

Dec 14, 2021

Rose Mary Marquess@rose27

Oct 25, 2021