"Twelve-and-a-half year old Emelyn Ethrige lives with her father in South Carolina, dreams of wheelchair motocross, and makes custom chair bags trying to earn enough money to buy a serious set of wheels; she has been in a wheelchair all her life, and is just fine getting around without help, but it seems that since her mother was killed in an accident everyone (father, grandparents, teachers, and classmates) have started treating her differently:...

The way twelve-year-old Ked Eakins of Norton, Maine, sees it his life has been stolen from him, piece by piece; first by kyphosis, a spinal abnormality which has made him a social outcast at school and a target for the school bully, by his friends who have recently abandoned him, by his mother who left for the West Coast taking the insurance which might have saved him with her, and by his father who is a gambling addict who has lost the rent money--but...

This book describes: a) the diagnosis -- b) treatments of bracing versus surgery -- c) the latest genetic research -- d) pain management, support -- e) systems, and self-esteem -- f) scoliosis heroes : athletes, actors, and beauty queens -- g) resources and medical glossary. This book is an inspirational, medical, and psycho-social guide for five million scoliosis sufferers and their families. "Imagine seeing a beautiful and talented young ballerina...