Braced /
Alyson Gerber.
- First edition.
- 287 pages ; 22 cm
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.
9780545902144 0545902142 9781338166453 133816645X
2016016818
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