Deenie

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Summary: A very good story of struggling with a deformity
Review: To whomever said that Judy Blume wrote about the brace incorrectly, hello, this book was written 20+ years ago! I had a couple of friends with scoliosis. Until recently, back braces were with metal strips and collars. They are back to normal, but they were probably spared a lot of heartbreak by wearing braces then not wearing them. I have read this book many times and each time, I see something in myself that I see in Deenie.

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Summary: Medically, this is way off the mark
Review: First of all, I have a friend with scoliosis and she wears a brace, although it is nothing like the one described in Deenie. It is about 3/4 of an ich think semi-rigid fiber glass that goes around the chest from under the arms to the waist and attached in the from with three velcro straps. *Sometimes* she needs to buy *one* size larger than normal, bit you never notice anything unusual about her. Ms. Blume should have done her research and gotten the facts correct befor wrining this. Consulting with a *real* doctor would have been a good idea.

Also, too much about sex. I hope young pre-teens don't read this and think that is how normal tennagers act. We don't. Trust me.

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Summary: It is a great book.
Review: It is a great book. I have read it 4 times. It is about a girl who has to accept that she has a crooked spine. She is going throug school and boys and she hates the brace. It is a great book. I recommend it.

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Summary: Nice story
Review: A really good book about a really young chick who finds out that she has a spine deformanation while trying to deal with the stress of her mom pushing at her to be a model. Its pretty good, although the end is a bit disappoining. Its sad, nice, and well-written and like i said, pretty damn good.

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Summary: Awesome detail, realism, and info.
Review: This book is a spectacular realism of what a real teenage girl of Deenie's situation would go through. I read Judy Blume often, and I have to say this is uniquely her best! It is definetly a timeless rendition of a teenage girl's "real world". Something that Judy Blume is amazing at concocting. I recommend that YOU, whether you be boy or girl, adult, child, or adolescent, give this book a try! Please enjoy!

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Summary: "Deenie" was a pointless and somewhat boring book.
Review: I found "Deenie" to be endless. The beginning of it was O.K. but the end of it was blunt. It doesn't tell what happens to her or how her future turns out. I would definatly NOT reccomend this to anybody, its dull!

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Summary: An outstanding book by Judy Blume!
Review: Deenie is a 13 year old girl that wants to be a model. Her mother pushes her into modleing at a young age. Agenceys turn Deenie and her mother down and say that Deenie has bad posture. Deenie goes to the doctor's office and he tells her that she will have to wear a back brace for four years. Deenie's hopes and dreams of becoming a model are crushed. But her mother still has hope for her to become a model at the age of seventeen. I liked this book because it was up front with Deenie's promblems.

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Summary: I found this book good yet gross....
Review: I read this book when I was 11 then again when I was 12. I found out how much pressure a mother can put on her child when they are beautiful. I thought it was not needed of Ms. Blume to tell us about Deenie's Masterbation. I love JudyBlume's books but I would say Just ae Long as were together is the best.

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Summary: A great book for anybody!
Review: I thought that this book was very good. It is about a young girl who is going to be a model, but soon finds out that she has scoliosis. She has to wear a brace and her mother is angry with her because she has to put her modeling career on hold. Read this story, and you will feel Deenie's pain, and find out what it would be like to have scoliosis.

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Summary: My absolute favorite book!
Review: This book was the best I've ever read! I have scoliosis, and it was really comforting ot find such a good book about the subject. I've read this book about 20 times, gotten freinds to read it, and even used it in a speech about scoliosis!