Alyson Gerber

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.

Braced

Sarah Sammis

Like most problem books, this one follows a pretty standard narrative progression. The big exciting thing happens just before the big frustrating problem thing. So then comes the hating of the thing to fix the problem and being frustrated at not being able to do the exciting thing without the thing to fix the problem. Then comes the big event (game, contest, show, etc.) and with it comes some life altering mindset, where the protagonist comes to terms with the problem and the thing to fix (or not) the problem. So that in the end it doesn't matter if the BIG EVENT was upset because of the problem and everyone learns a lesson.

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Braced

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