Braced
by Alyson Gerber
The first contemporary novel about a disease that bends the lives of ten percent... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Disability
Year Published 2017
Word Count 64,499
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 640L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 188067, 9 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Andover (Mass.)--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Genetic disorders in children
- Family life--Massachusetts--Andover--Fiction
- Scoliosis in children--Juvenile fiction
- Andover (Mass.)--Juvenile fiction
- Mothers and daughters
- Andover (Mass.)
- Genetic disorders--Juvenile fiction
- Scoliosis--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Genetic disorders
- Juvenile Fiction | Health & Daily Living | Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
- Massachusetts
- Orthopedic braces--Fiction
- Families--Massachusetts--Andover--Juvenile fiction
- Massachusetts--Fiction
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction
- Orthopedic braces
- Scoliosis
- Self-consciousness (Sensitivity)--Juvenile fiction
- Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction
- Family life
- Self-consciousness (Sensitivity)--Fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Scoliosis in children
- Orthopedic braces--Juvenile fiction
- Families
- Self-consciousness (Sensitivity)
- Lists With This Book
- Disability Awareness
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Middle Selection, 2017

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2017
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