In order to arrive at the counseling office more quickly, Willow takes a taxi one day. She learns Vietnamese so she can converse with Mai in her native tongue. Willow arrives early for a counseling session and meets Mai and Quang-ha Nguyen. Her counselor, Dell Duke, realizes that Willow is of exceptional mental capacity in fact, he labels her a genius. Both she and her parents hoped she’d have a better school experience at this new school but within days of the beginning of school she’s referred to a counselor because a teacher believes she cheated in order to ace a standardized test. Willow is an adopted, only child who has recently started classes at a new school. As they bond, those helping Willow realize their lives are enriched by her as much as her life is bettered by them. Although she had no relatives or close family friends, an unusual group of people steps forward to become a surrogate family to this unusual but highly intelligent girl.
The book “Counting by 7s” charts Willow’s journey through her grief to the realization that her life will go on. Losing one’s parents is never easy, and for 12-year-old Willow Chance losing her adoptive parents in a car wreck is devastating.
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