Description
Scoliosis twists Deenieβs plans for seventh grade in this classic Judy Blume novel with a fresh new look.
Deenieβs mother wants her to be a model, with her face on magazine coversβmaybe even in the moviesβbut Deenie wants to spend Saturdays with her friends Janet and Midge, tracking Harvey Grabowsky, the captain of the football team, around Woolworthβs. 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 sheβll need to wear for years that goes from her neck to her hips. Suddenly Deenie has to cope with a kind of specialness thatβs frighteningβand might be hers forever.