There's an s on My Back: "S" Is for Scoliosis

By Mary Mahony

Book Overview

Maisey MacGuire is a fifth grader and her life is much like that of any fifth grader until the day of her scoliosis screening. "After the little talk, Ms. Bennett had each girl stand on a piece of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 096588791X
• ISBN13: 9780965887915
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Redding Press
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

A huge help for parents and kids

My daughter was recently diagnosed with scoliosis and this book has helped her more than anything else to understand what that means. It has also been a huge comfort for her to know that so many other kids have already had to face what she is now going through. She has already read the book twice and refers to it whenever the topic of scoliosis comes up. I highly recommend this book to all parents and children facing a similar diagnosis. Five stars.

Perfect for a New Scoliosis Kid!

This book will go a long way toward showing any kid faced with wearing a new scoliosis brace what it's like to have scoliosis and what to expect. Told in the first person from a fifth-grade girl's point of view, the book takes you through the entire process from diagnosis to treatment.My daughter and I are reading this aloud to each other every night, while she wears her new brace. I can see the optimism building on her little face with each paragraph. And, it's making me feel better about the brace and the role it will have in her life for 20 hours a day for the next few years.This is a calming and well-written book for anyone who is going through this difficult experience. Highly recommended.