From the publisher:Winner of the 2012 Schneider Family Book Award
Jessica thinks her life is over when she loses a leg in a car accident. She's not comforted by the news that she'll be able to walk with the help of a prosthetic leg. Who cares about walking when you live to run? As she struggles to cope with crutches and a first cyborg-like prosthetic, Jessica feels oddly both in the spotlight and invisible. People who don't know what to say, act like she's not there. Which she could handle better if she weren't now keenly aware that she'd done the same thing herself to a girl with CP named Rosa. A girl who is going to tutor her through all the math she's missed. A girl who sees right into the heart of her. With the support of family, friends, a coach, and her track teammates, Jessica may actually be able to run again. But that's not enough for her now. She doesn't just want to cross finish lines herself-she wants to take Rosa with her.
this book is amazing ! it is about a 16 year old girl name jessica who was in a tragic accident and lost one of her legs .. the whole book is about her being scared tht she will never walk or run again and when she went back to school she met a girl named rosa who has a condition called cebral palsy and rosa helped her to catch up on her math and they became really good friends . one day jessica found out that she could not only walk again but run and her trak team started a fundraiser called help jessica run and they earned the whole 20 thousand dollars and she go ther leg and was able to run again
ReplyDeleteThis book is encouraging and real good. It's about a teenage girl who loves to run, and gets in a tragic accident. That causes her to loose her leg. She is very depressed and sad that she wouldn't be able to run again. But she then finds out that she can get a fake walking leg. But the problem is, her family can't afford it. She gets even more depressed and worries that her life may never be the same again. Then the doctor says she can be released, she is happy. She gets told she can go back to school. she stress about that she can't catch up on all of her work. But finds a girl who has a disorder, Rosie helps her. She is happy about that, then something she would never think would happen, the kids at school do fundraisers to help her get a running leg. Towards the end of the story, she gets it and is able to run again.
ReplyDeleteThe Running Dream is about a 16 year old girl named Jessica who is in a tragic accident and loses one of her legs. She spends the rest of the book wondering if she will ever be able to run again.When she goes back to school she sat in the back of the class and meets Rosa that is in a condition like hers. Rosa helped Jessica catch up with her work and they become real good friends. Later in the book Jessica finds out that she will not be able to run again and her team hosts a fundraiser and raises 20 thousand dollars to help her run again. IT IS A %REALLY GOOD BOOK
ReplyDeleteThe Running Dream is about a girl named Jessica Carlisle who is a victim of an accident. She was on the bus one day with her track team and another car ran into them. For Jessica, running was her life, and after losing one of her legs in the accident, she was torn but with the help of her family and friends she gets back on her feet again. After several weeks she gets a prosthetic leg and she really wants to run again, but the regular prosthetic leg will not help her run, only walk. So her coach and her track team start a fundraiser called the 'Help Jessica Run' Fundraiser. They raise over $20,000 and they buy her a running prosthetic leg, thanks to a secret donor who is paying one dollar for every dollar they earn. I loved this books. I give it five stars. Although I think the ending was kind of... ended too soon.
ReplyDeleteThe Running Dream is about a girl named Jessica. Her has loved running ever since the third grade. Until one day everything changed. Jessica got into an accident. Jessica was sent to the hospital, she lost her leg. She struggles. Later, she gets a prosthetic leg. She wants to be able to run again but she can't. Her coach sets up a fundraiser for Jessica, "Help Jessica Run Fundrasier". They raise over $20,000 and buy her an prosthetic leg she will be able to run on. Jessica life will never be the way it was, but she has came a long way! Thanks to her track team and her amazing coach!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading The Running Dream! It's about a girl named Jessica who loses her leg in a terrible accident. Another girl that was in the accident died and Jessica thinks she is the lucky one. Jessica is a runner for her high school track team and after she loses her leg she sees that as just a dream and thinks she will never be able to run again. With all the bills her parents have to pay Jessica is unable to get a prosthetic leg. But soon she finds out that her track team is going to raise the money for her leg. They raise over twenty thousand dollars to help her. Along the way she becomes friends with a girl named Rosa who has cerebral palsy and can not walk. With the help of Rosa and her friends Jessica realizes to be thankful for what she has and makes her running dream come true!!!!!!! I give this book 5 stars.
ReplyDeleteThe Running Dream is about a girl named Jessica. She is a track runner and is one of the best on her team. When she was driving home from a race with her teammates a drunk driver hit them and wrecked their bus. One girl died and Jessica lost her leg. She knew that her dream of being a champion is over. Jessica's best friend< Fiona< helped her start living her dream again. She helped Jessica overcome her fear and always had a positive attitude around her. When Jessica returned to school she was really behind in her math class. A girl named Rosa decided to help her understand math better. Jessica got to know Rosa as a closer friend and not as a girl who has cerebral palsy. Jessica goes through day by day in pain but knows that she will overcome it. When her heal up on her knee her doctor gets her a fake leg. Jessica barely got used to it. Later on Jessica's coach Kyro finds a video that shows one of the best runners, running with a fake leg. The leg was 20,000 dollars and was specially made for running. Her team agreed to raise up enough money to get Jessica the prosthetic leg. When the leg comes in Jessica is overjoyed. It changes her life and it would have never been the same without her coach and teammates. I really enjoyed this book and give it 5 stars.
ReplyDeleteThe Running Dream is about a girl named jessica. She is a track runner for the best team in the state., But one day when she was going home a drunk man hit her. She had to go to the doctor to get a fake leg if she wanted to run again. Then a girl named Fiona (her best friend) helped her live her dream again.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the best books I have had the pleasure of reading. The Running Dream talks about how Jessica loses her leg. Now, this might not be as awful, I mean it will be horriable for anybody, but Jessica is a runner. That's her life, so as she deals with the loss of one of her legs, her track team sets up a fundraiser to try and raise enough money so that she can get a running leg. As all this happens she has a off to the side romance, learns to deal with the loss of her leg, and gains new friends. Her and the track team do gain enough money to get her a leg, and she loves it. But, she made a promise to one of her new friends that when she got her leg that she wouldn't forget about her, her name is Rosa. Rosa can't walk by herself, and can barely talk, but her and Jessica become good friends. Jessica makes a promise to herself and Rosa, and in the end Rosa knows what it's like to run because Jessica pushes her wheelchair during a marathon that was I think 25 miles. They didn't make first place, but they did finsh the race.
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this book is really good. It is about a runner named jessica. jessica was ont he way home from a race when a drunk driver hit the bus and chopped off her leg. The whole book is about her overcoming what happend and being able to run again. She gets a prostetic leg and learns how to run .
ReplyDeleteThis book is about a girl named Jessica. She was on a running team but when she was walking home from school one day and she got hit and she got her leg chopped off. The rest of the book is how she overcomes what happened to her leg.Then when she gets a fake leg she starts to run again and can live her dream again.
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