Pattie, Jairo, Mai, Quang-ha, and Duke gradually become a surrogate family for Willow. During her counseling sessions, Willow encounters the Vietnamese siblings Mai and Quang-ha. Even her teacher accused her of cheating on a test because of the perfection she answered it in, which brought her to meet with the school’s behavioral counselor, Dell Duke.
Being “highly gifted” and different, Willow struggles to fit in during her first few weeks at Sequoia Middle School. The devastating death of her parents forces Willow to live with the support of an unusual group of people, her middle school guidance counselor Dell and the two high-schoolers, Mai and Quang-ha Nguyen. Willow is a gifted 12-year-old fascinated by plants, medicine, and the number seven. The story draws upon the protagonist, Willow Chance, and the aftermath of the car accident that killed both of her adoptive parents. A New York Times bestseller, Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan, was published in 2013. However, as I traveled further into the story, Counting by 7s appealed to me as a beautiful, warm, and meaningful tale that had me laughing and crying simultaneously. At first, a 12-year-old genius who lost her adoptive parents in a car accident doesn’t sound like the classic beginning of a heartwarming tale to me.
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