Wendelin Van Draanen

The Running Dream, written by Wendelin Van Draanen, is a story about a girl named Jessica and an event that changes her life forever. After setting a record in the 400, Jessica’s bus gets in a tragic accident that not only causes Jessica to lose the bottom half of her leg, but also causes the death of one of Jessica’s teammates. Jessica must relearn daily tasks, including how to walk. Because running is all Jessica wants to do, her team has to come up with $20,000 to buy her a running leg. After her crush, Gavin Vance publishes an article about her in the newspaper, her story goes viral and her team is able to raise over their goal and she gets the running leg. School is also an issue for Jessica. As she was recovering, her schoolwork was piling up. When she returns to school, she is put next to Rose in the back of the class. Rose guides her through each assignment and they become good friends. Rose’s ultimate dream is to cross a finish line. Jessica must train her body to run while pushing 100 pounds in a wheelchair for 10 miles. The setting of the book takes place in a present day small town, at Liberty High. The setting affects the characters because Jessica gets support from the local people, and that gives her motivation to never give up.…

Flipped Literary Analysis When most thing don’t work out what do you do? I’m guessing like me you try again or use a different strategy. If it still doesn’t work out then what? You move on, or most of us do. In the novel Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen, the character Shelly has proven to have a fixed mindset by not moving on from Bryce even after she found out that Bryce only asked her out to get away from Juli. When Garrerett told Shelly about Bryce’s plan Shelly “followed me around school…

In the story, Jessica is a leg amputee from a motor-crash. She learns how to cope with the circumstances resulting in the incident. She meets this girl Rosa, who has cerebral palsy and throughout the school year Jessica begins to see Rosa’s true self. Even though she has disadvantages, Jessica makes an effort to make Rosa feel important in some types of ways. “Hey, I know she’s hard to understand at first, I say, keeping my down. But that goes away, She’s really nice and patient, and she;s great…

from their appearance. However, every once in a while we find someone different, someone who has a beautiful soul. Juli, a character in the novel “Flipped” by Wendelin van Draanen, she isn’t brilliant and rich, but she has a beautiful soul. Through Juli’s bravery, determination and care, she becomes special in the novel and has an inner beauty. Juli is a brave girl. She is totally different from other girls, she always do something that others won’t do. Although climbing the tree is dangerous,…

In the wonderful book Flipped, written by Wendelin Van Draanen there are many characters but there is one character that stands out, Juli, she stands out because she is positive. One example of her positiveness, is any time she gets beaten down she always finds someone or something to raise her feelings back up. Another example, is she get nmjs help raising her feeling from Bryce (Sometimes), Chet and mostly herself. After the sycamore tree was cut down, Juli was mostly mad at Bryce because…

What if I lost my leg in a bus accident and I would l be mad and upset? The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, Jessica faces frustration with losing her leg and Jessica been through a lot of obstacles in her life in the past year. Jessica is mad because when she lost her leg in the bus accident, was really upset because now she can’t run for while? Jessica has a terrible bus accident and then after her bus accident then Jessica is rushed to the emergency room. The doctor checks…

Classic cars embody the zeitgeist of the era from which they came. The design of the fins and fenders, the materials, and even the colors all give an indication of when a classic car was made. Restoring this type of automobile to its original beauty, therefore, takes time, expert knowledge, and patience. If you’ve located a classic car that you’d like to restore, here are some of the repairs you’ll want to make plus some advice on where to go to find what you need. Get to Know Your Car Angie’s…

The follies is a fun and memorable event to experience. Many citizens of Mason City would recommend that you attend the follies. Each and every student in the follies works very hard on their act. The follies are held each year and it is a event that many people attend. The follies has made Mason City more exciting, made an event for people to see, and it created another fun activity for citizens to do. The follies take place in the month of February and have been occurring for a very long…

I chose this question because my dad collects classic cars and I frequently see catalogs that come in the mail that are filled with parts for all sorts of car parts. I know my mom gets on my dad a lot about buying too many parts at a time because they can get very pricey. Why are the parts to pricey? I know that the parts themselves are fairly simple and much less complex than a part you would find for a new car. I assume that car parts are so pricey because the parts simply aren’t made anymore.…

Over lunch one day, Lee Blocker told Bill about some land outside of Elgin that he wanted to develop. Nancy Lou and Bill drove to Elgin with their three children and were greeted by a downtown with all the first story windows broken out and boarded up, and many of the second story windows were broken with pigeons roosting in them. She remembers what a dreary place it seemed and said to Blocker, “If we come to live here, I will have to do everything in my power to revitalize this downtown.” In…