Counting By 7s
by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Buy on AmazonFourteen-year-old homeschooled genius Willow Chance convinces her adoptive parents to let her attend high school to observe people her own age, and soon she has connected with a group of eccentrics who stand by her when tragedy strikes.
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"In Counting By 7s, 12-year-old Willow Chance knows that she’s odd. Being a genius, she thinks she has everything figured out. However, when her adopted parents die in a car crash, Willow finds she cannot fathom the depth of her grief. She’s befriended by Mai, a strong-willed Vietnamese-American girl, and Willow moves in with Mai’s family, setting off a chain reaction of unexpected events. Holly Goldberg Sloan’s tender and funny novel is a book of small miracles and will make a believer out of you. (For ages 10 and up)"
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