Deenie
Edition: 23rd Laurel-Leaf printing
Series: Laurel-Leaf Library
Publisher: Laurel-Leaf Books
Published: 1983-06
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780440932598
Copyright date: 1973
Description: Deenie wasn't entirely against being a model, but her mother's insistence and all the nagging about her posture were a bore. Deenie liked being pretty--ugly things like hunchbacks and bad cases of eczema repelled her--and she liked being attractive to boys, especially Buddy Brader. She wanted to be a cheerleader, too, but it was the posture thing again! Was she going to have to walk around with books on her head forever? Then her posture problem really got out of hand. After all the doctors and all the examinations, it had a new name, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, and it meant that Deenie would now have to wear a brace from her neck down to her hips for four years--or longer.
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