Braced
Title
:
Braced
Personal Author EPSB
:
Alyson, Gerber
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.
Year Published
:
2017
Physical Description
:
287 pages ; 22 cm
Subject
:
Scoliosis in children -- Fiction.
Genetic disorders -- Fiction.
Orthopedic braces -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Self-consciousness (Sensitivity) -- Fiction.
Families -- Massachusetts -- Andover -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Andover (Mass.) -- Fiction.
Massachusetts -- Fiction.
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.
ISBN
:
9780545902144
9781338166453
Publisher
:
New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2017.
©2017.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Johnny Bright | YA F GER | Book | 31455000239912 | Teen |