The Curve Club: Emma's Story, Book 1 — Secret: a Middle Grade Novel About Scoliosis and Wearing Back Brace

Twelve-year-old Emma Carter has a secret.It starts with a school scoliosis screening, a note to take home, and an appointment Emma desperately hopes will turn out to be nothing. Instead, an X-ray confirms scoliosis-and suddenly Emma's ordinary life is filled with unfamiliar words, doctor appointments, and one possibility she can't stop thinking about: a back brace.Emma doesn't want anyone to know.Not Maya. Not Rachel. Definitely not Tyler.But keeping scoliosis a secret turns out to be harder than Emma expected. As she navigates school, friendships, late-night worries, and the fear that everyone will see her differently, Emma meets Charlee-a girl who knows exactly what it's like to have scoliosis and wear a brace.For the first time, Emma has someone she can talk to who truly gets it.And as the day she gets her own brace gets closer, Emma has to figure out whether she's ready for everything to change-or whether maybe, just maybe, she doesn't have to face it alone.The Secret is the first book in The Curve Club, a heartfelt middle-grade series about scoliosis, friendship, growing up, and finding the courage to let people in. Written for readers with scoliosis-and anyone who has ever carried something they were afraid for other people to see.