TY - BOOK AU - Gerber,Alyson TI - Braced SN - 9780545902144 PY - 2017/// CY - New York, NY PB - Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. KW - Scoliosis in children KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Genetic disorders KW - Orthopedic braces KW - Mothers and daughters KW - Self-consciousness (Sensitivity) KW - Families KW - Massachusetts KW - Andover KW - Family life KW - Fiction KW - Andover (Mass.) N2 - 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 ER -