High School
After Jessica loses
her leg in a bus accident, she thinks her life it over. 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 her 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 aware that
she’d done the same thing herself to a girl with cerebral palsy 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.
I
think Jessica handled it pretty well all things considered. I mean she lost her
leg for Pete’s sake! And at a young age that’s just plain scary! I can’t
imagine not having a leg when just having any sort of injury is so difficult.
I’ve had problems plantar fasciitis, both ankles and shin splints and they are
all pains in the leg.
I tried
to recommend this book to my nephew who’s interested in prosthetic limbs but
this is more a girl’s book and I have yet to convince him.
Just
for the heck of it, here’s a picture of a few different prosthetics.
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