Alyson Gerber

Braced -- Alyson Gerber, Paperback

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The first contemporary novel about a disease that bends the lives of 10 percent of all teenagers: scoliosis.

Rachel Brooks is excited for the new school year. She's finally earned a place as a forward on her soccer team. Her best friends make everything fun. And she really likes Tate, and she's pretty sure he likes her back. After one last appointment with her scoliosis doctor, this will be her best year yet.Then the doctor delivers some terrible news: The sideways curve in Rachel's spine has gotten worse, and she needs to wear a back brace 23 hours a day. The brace wraps her in hard plastic from shoulder blades to hips. It changes how her clothes fit, how she kicks a ball, and how everyone sees her -- even her friends and Tate. But as Rachel confronts all the challenges the brace presents, the biggest change of all may lie in how she sees herself.Written by a debut author who wore a brace of her own, Braced is the inspiring, heartfelt story of a girl learning to manage the many curves life throws her way.

Author: Alyson Gerber
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 07/31/2018
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.30w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780545907613
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.1
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 188067 / Braced

About the Author
Alyson Gerber is the author of critically acclaimed, own-voices novels Braced and Focused. She is a graduate of The New School's MFA in Writing for Children and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughter. Visit her at alysongerber.com and find her everywhere else at @alysongerber.

Product Tags:

Ages 9-12, Alyson Gerber, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction, Diseases/ Illnesses & Injuries, Family, Grades 1-3, Grades 6-8, Health & Daily Living, Juvenile Fiction, Mothers and daughters, Paperback, Parents, Scholastic Inc., Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes

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