Shes finally earned a place as a forward on her soccer team. 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. Braced Alyson Gerber 304 pages first pub 2017 ( editions) fiction middle grade young adult emotional inspiring lighthearted medium-paced Description Rachel Brooks is excited for the new school year. It changes how her clothes fit, how she kicks a ball, and how everyone sees her - even her friends and Tate. The brace wraps her in hard plastic from shoulder blades to hips.

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 twenty-three hours a day. And she really likes Tate, and she's pretty sure he likes her back. She's finally earned a place as a forward on her soccer team. Narrator Emily Lawrence captures the many moods of Rachel, a girl with scoliosis who learns that she must wear a cumbersome, restrictive back brace. Buy BRACED: The first contemporary novel about a disorder that bends the lives of ten percent of all teenagers: scoliosis. Visit her at and find her everywhere else at alysongerber. 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. Rachel Brooks is excited for the new school year. Alyson Gerber is the author of critically acclaimed, own-voices novels Braced and Focused. TAKING UP SPACE, which came out in May, was reviewed by the New York Times Book Review as Thoughtful and powerful.

The first contemporary novel about a disease that bends the lives of ten percent of all teenagers: scoliosis. Alyson Gerber is the author of critically-acclaimed novels BRACED, FOCUSED, and TAKING UP SPACE published by Scholastic.

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