![]() ![]() Her mother’s fear and post-traumatic stress from her experience with the complications of scoliosis cause her to be occasionally hard on Rachel. But she slowly starts to realize that a perspective change may make things easier on everyone.Īnother unique angle to this story and one that keeps things interesting is that Rachel’s mother also had scoliosis. Understandably, Rachel resists the idea of wearing a brace, is even embarrassed by it. ![]() Author Gerber also addresses something she’s personally struggled with: scoliosis and being in a back brace. Just like her sophomore novel, Braced is immersive and features a strong female lead. ![]() It also doesn’t help that her dad’s busy job as a doctor means he’s not home often enough. To top things off, her mom (who had scoliosis as a child and is adamant on enforcing Rachel’s treatment) is having a baby soon. How will she still play soccer? What will her friends think? And what about Tate, the boy she’s crushing on? Worse still, she needs to be in a back brace for twenty-three hours a day. Unfortunately, the doctor has bad news for her: the curve has worsened and she’ll have to wear a back brace. She just needs one more doctor’s visit to check on her scoliosis - one she hopes will be the last. In Braced, Rachel Brooks has finally scored a spot as a forward on her soccer team. I enjoyed Gerber’s Focused which tackled ADHD and featured a chess-playing protagonist. Braced is Alyson Gerber’s debut middle-grade novel and was at the top of my backlist TBR picks. ![]()
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