The Running Dream 🏃‍♀️

Recently I read the book “The Running Dream” written by Wendelin Van Draaen. The genre of the book is fiction! This book is about an 18 year old girl named Jessica who loses her leg in a tragic car accident. This story takes place mostly in school and Jessica’s house. She has a very supportive friend named Fiona. Jessica doesn’t like the fact that she’ll have to walk with a prosthetic leg because she thinks she’ll shell be stared at (in a bad way). Though the biggest reason is because she is a runner. She competes in races and has being for many years. She goes through rough stages in the book because she feels like she’ll never get her leg back again. Meanwhile she gets put in a wheel chair and makes another friend named Rosa, a sweet and nice girl with cerebral palsy that Jessica’s never really noticed, which is my favorite part. It’s my favorite part because she makes friends with a girl who never really talks in class and who seems shy but in the end she s really funny and talks a lot. Also because she was really helpful when Jessica was going through hard times. Finally, Jessica’s track team plan to raise money for Jessica to get a new leg. This leg though costs $20,000! Do you think her team will be able to raise that much money for her new leg? Read the book to find out!