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Braced
Title:
Braced
Author:
Gerber, Alyson
ISBN:
9780545907613
Physical Description:
287 pages ; 19 cm
Summary:
When twelve-year-old Rachel learns that her scoliosis has worsened and she will need to wear a back brace to keep her spine straight, she is devastated; afraid that she will not be able to play soccer, and terrified that she will not be able to hide her condition from her friends and classmates--but her mother is determined to spare her the spinal fusion surgery that she herself had as a teenager.
Subject:
Scoliosis in children -- Juvenile fiction.
Genetic disorders -- Juvenile fiction.
Orthopedic braces -- Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.
Self-consciousness (Sensitivity) -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- Massachusetts -- Andover -- Juvenile fiction.
Andover (Mass.) -- Juvenile fiction.