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The Running Dream
Wendelin Van Draanen
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Jessica lives to run. Even when she was quite young, she passed all the boys. Now she is the star of her track team...until a horrible car accident leaves one student dead and Jessica missing part of her leg.
Waking in the hospital, full of pain killers, she is sure her life is ended when she sees the ugly raw stump. Just getting around is exhausting. Her mother is always crying, and her father spends all his time researching and trying to
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fix everything. There is nothing to fix...her leg is gone.
Back at school, Jessica has a rough time just trying to get around and cope with the mean girls. It is going to be impossible to catch up on all the school work she missed while she recuperated in the hospital and at home. A girl with cerebral palsy is supposed to tutor Jessica. One cripple helping another! And then there is
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