“I am a runner. That's what I do. That's who I am. Running is all I know, or want, or care about.” What would happen if one morning you woke up and couldn’t do what you loved most in the world? The book The Running Dream is about when track star Jessica loses her leg in a school bus accident, she is devastated that she will never run again. Jessica was being her normal self, running in the morning being the best on the track when her life was impacted forever. She was riding home on a school bus from her track competition and a car loses control. The car smashes into the bus and of course, Jessica gets injured. After helpless days in the hospital and at home, she decides to take a risk of going upstairs when no one else is home to
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Jessica’s coach and team support her tremendously. They help out with raising funds and try to make Jessica happy. When Jessica’s coach shows her videos of people running on prostheses, she becomes extremely excited at the thought of running in her condition. Her team finds out that there is a special prosthetic leg that would help her run again, but it costs $20,000. “But $20,000 of reality has sunk in, and my lungs have shut down again” (page 158). Even though Jessica doubts her team's ability to raise the necessary funds, her team is still confident that they’ll meet their …show more content…
When Jessica sees herself needing help in math, she realizes “Rosa’s a math genius…” Rosa isn’t able to use her legs and she is hard to understand, but she has always dreamed of running. She helps Jessica realize that she shouldn’t give up, and keep working at achieving her dream of running again. Jessica decided to help Rosa out and give her an opportunity like none before. Jessica trains for something that will make Rosa and happy, even though it might be hard for Jessica herself. Jessica decided to train to push Rosa in a ten mile marathon. When she was training Jessica’s crush, Gavin, saw her helping her friend Rosa, he was touched by her kindness and he helped out with all her training. From then on they trained together and helped each other
Jessica’s coach and team support her tremendously. They help out with raising funds and try to make Jessica happy. When Jessica’s coach shows her videos of people running on prostheses, she becomes extremely excited at the thought of running in her condition. Her team finds out that there is a special prosthetic leg that would help her run again, but it costs $20,000. “But $20,000 of reality has sunk in, and my lungs have shut down again” (page 158). Even though Jessica doubts her team's ability to raise the necessary funds, her team is still confident that they’ll meet their …show more content…
When Jessica sees herself needing help in math, she realizes “Rosa’s a math genius…” Rosa isn’t able to use her legs and she is hard to understand, but she has always dreamed of running. She helps Jessica realize that she shouldn’t give up, and keep working at achieving her dream of running again. Jessica decided to help Rosa out and give her an opportunity like none before. Jessica trains for something that will make Rosa and happy, even though it might be hard for Jessica herself. Jessica decided to train to push Rosa in a ten mile marathon. When she was training Jessica’s crush, Gavin, saw her helping her friend Rosa, he was touched by her kindness and he helped out with all her training. From then on they trained together and helped each other