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The Running Dream
By Draanen, Wendelin Van
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37586-667-8 978-0-37596-667-5
- Publisher
- Knopf
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2011
Gr 7 Up—Jessica has run her personal best at a track meet—then there's a tragic bus accident and the high school junior loses her leg as well as her future dreams. From waking up in the hospital and coping with the trauma, to her return home, then school, she tries to grab her life back. On one level the story offers inspiration to those dealing with physical changes in their own lives and the stages of recovery, fight, survival, and victory as Jessica reaches deep to push past her wall of self...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2011
Van Draanen, author of the popular Sammy Keyes and Shredderman series, here writes a thoroughly researched realistic novel about a teen athlete who suddenly finds her life irrevocably changed by an accident. Readers meet Jessica in the hospital, beginning the agonizing recovery from a bus crash in which she lost her leg. Doctors...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Readers meet teen athlete Jessica in the hospital, beginning the agonizing recovery from a bus crash in which she lost her leg. Ve...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
