This week I read the book The Running Dream by Wendlin Van Draanen. The book was about a girl named Jessica who lost her foot in a car accident. Before she lost her foot she was a runner and was heartbroken and knew she couldn't run again. After a quick recovery she learns she could get a prosthetic running leg like Oscar Pistorious. She starts to believe she could run again and her track team starts doing bake sales and car washes to raise enough money to get the leg. In the end they raise enough money and Jessica runs again. I think the main idea is that you should always believe.
Evidence of this from this book is when Jessica saw a video with Oscar Pistorious and believed she could run again. In the beginning of the book she didn't think she could walk again but now she was believing she could run. Jessica's track team never stopped believing even when they found out that the running leg cost $20,000. If the team gave up then Jessica would never run again. this is why i think that the main idea is that you should always believe.
Some other evidence from the book is when at the end, Jessica wanted to pull her friend who couldn't walk 10 miles so she could feel what it was like to cross the finish line. Jessica had to pull 100 pounds (her friend) when she was only 130 pounds. Without the determination and belief Jessica would never have made it. This is evidence that the main idea is that you should always believe.
In conclusion, The Running Dream showed me that you should always believe because without Jessica and her team's belief and determination the running dream would never have happened. If they didn't believe Jessica would never have run and her friend would never have crossed the finish line in a race. Without belief nothing would have happened.
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