“My life is over. Behind the morphine dreams is the
nightmare of reality” (3).
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Jessica was one of the “lucky” students who survived a
horrendous bus crash. However, while many of her peers walked away, she did
not. Jessica lost her leg in the accident, which for her feels like the end of
what she loved to do most, running for her track team. Now, she sits at the
back of her class.
Rosa, who is wheelchair bound due to cerebral palsy,
welcomes Jessica back after her time in the hospital. Although the two girls
never conversed before she helps Jessica catch up on her work in their math
class. From their time together, Rosa and Jessica become friends. Jessica
learns more than just math from her new friend Rosa.
“That night I have the running dream again. When I wake up,
I cry like I always do, but my tears are interrupted by the memory of something
new in my dream. A mermaid fountain. A mermaid fountain and Rosa, waving from
her porch as I run by” (139).
Jessica discovers that with a special prosthesis she could
run again. But, will this mean she will make her running dreams a reality?
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