TY - BOOK AU - Gerber,Alyson TI - Braced SN - 9780545907613 AV - PZ7.1.G4745 Br 2018 U1 - [Fic] 23 PY - 2018///] CY - New York, NY PB - Scholastic Inc. KW - Scoliosis KW - Fiction KW - sears KW - Orthopedic braces KW - Mother-daughter relationship KW - Self-consciousness KW - Family life KW - Andover (Mass.) KW - Massachusetts N1 - Booklist starred, February 2017; Kirkus Starred, December 2016; Horn Book, April 2018; Library Media Connection, May 2017; 4.1; 3-6; Follett School Solutions; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 4.1; 9.0; 188067; BR 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 -