Deenie

Brief Description: A thirteen-year-old girl seemingly destined for a modeling career finds she has a deformation of the spine called scoliosis. Brief Description: Originally published: Scarsdale, N. Y.: Bradbury Press, 1973. Marc Notes: A Richard Jackson book.; Originally published by Bradbury Press in 1973.; A thirteen-year-old girl seemingly destined for a modeling career finds she has a deformation of the spine called scoliosis. Publisher Marketing: Scoliosis twists Deenie's plans for seventh grade in this classic Judy Blume novel with a fresh new look. Deenie's mother wants her to be a model, with her face on magazine covers--maybe even in the movies--but Deenie wants to spend Saturdays with her friends Janet and Midge, tracking Harvey Grabowsky, the captain of the football team, around Woolworth's. She wants to be a cheerleader, too, and go to the seventh-grade mixer to hear Buddy Brader play his drums. Instead, Deenie is diagnosed with scoliosis. And that means body stockings to squeeze into, a roomful of strangers to face, and a terrifying brace that she'll need to wear for years that goes from her neck to her hips. Suddenly Deenie has to cope with a kind of specialness that's frightening--and might be hers forever. Publisher Marketing: When Deenie sees the brace for the first time, she wants to scream, Forget it... I'm never going to wear that thing. Everyone will know. Everyone!But the words won't come out. And Deenie, beautiful Deenie, who everyone says should be a model, is stuck wearing a brace from her neck to her hips. For four years-or longer. How will she ever face the hard times ahead? Review Citations:

Booklist 12/15/2001 pg. 729 (EAN 9780027110203, Hardcover)

People Weekly 11/29/2004 pg. 59 (EAN 9780440932598, Mass Market Paperbound)

School Library Journal 08/01/2011 pg. 54 (EAN 9780307747723, Compact Disc)

Contributor Bio:  Blume, Judy Judy Blume is known and loved by millions of readers for her funny, honest, always believable stories. She lives in New York City.