Counting by 7s

Willow Chance is a twelve year old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to count by 7s It has never been easy for her to connect with anyone other than her adoptive parents, but that hasn t kept her from leading a quietly happy lifeuntil now.Suddenly Willow s world is tragically changed when her parents both die in a car crash, leaving her alone in a baffling world The triumph of this book is that it is not a tragedy This extraordinarily odd, but extraordinarily endearing, girl manages to push through her grief Her journey to find a fascinatingly diverse and fully believable surrogate family is a joy and a revelation to read. Read Counting by 7s – kino-fada.fr This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Original review posted on The Book Smugglers Warning this review contains spoilersIt is difficult to pinpoint the exact moment when I fell out of love with Counting by 7s but it happened slowly yet inexorably in the hours after I finished reading it.On the surface, this is an innocuous book, full of good intentions it is a book featuring different stories about diverse PoC characters including its protagonist It is also a beautiful story about different kinds of families, about deep connect Original review posted on The Book Smugglers Warning this review contains spoilersIt is difficult to pinpoint the exact moment when I fell out of love with Counting by 7s but it happened slowly yet inexorably in the hours after I finished reading it.On the surface, this is an innocuous book, full of good intentions it is a book featuring different stories about diverse PoC characters including its protagonist It is also a beautiful story about different kinds of families, about deep connections that can be formed between people from different walks of life and above all, it is about surviving adversity It is a touching story that made me laugh and that made me cry But it also made me ponder and question its main mess...A second can feel like forever if what follows is heartbreak Loss It s a universal state of feeling While it s true that it doesn t spare anyone, people react differently to it Still, society has provided us with five stages denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.Willow knows this She is highly gifted If she could, she would spend entire days studying nature She can tell you you re ill just by spending ten...My friend, Colby, has been raving about this book for months, but I was afraid it would make me cry It did, but not in the ways I expected This heartbreaking story is filled with laughter, hope, and light Willow is an unforgettable character and her story will resonate with anyone ...When you care about other people, it takes the spotlight off your own dramaI didn t give the cover much thought aside from thinking it s cute but after reading the book, just looking at it forms a lump in my throat that if I didn t control would certainly leak out of my eyes sniffs Willow, an incredibly smart young girl represents the lone red fish in the cover swimming in a different direction as she loses her sense of balance, direction and meaning after the accident that took the liWhen you care about other people, it takes the spotlight off your own dramaI didn t give the cover much thought aside from thinking it s cute but after reading the book, just looking at it forms a lump in my throat that if I didn t control would certainly leak out of my eyes sniffs Willow, an incredibly smart young girl represents the lone red fish in the cover swimming in a different di...I work at an elementary school and over the years I ve met hundreds of children The vast majority of them lie in the great bell of the bell curve, but there have been a smattering of outliers over the years They ve been weird, because that s what it means to be hanging out on the edges of the curve, and for some of them I ve taken a deep breath, crossed my fingers and hoped for the best for them in middle school Because their weird makes them fabulous kids and will make them fabulous adults I work at an elementary school and over the years I ve met hundreds of children The vast majority of them lie in the great bell of the bell curve, but there have been a smattering of outliers over the years They ve been weird, because that s what it means to be hanging out on the edges of the curve, and for some of them I ve taken a deep breath, crossed my fingers and hoped for ...I totally adored this book and its characters.Counting by 7s is absolutely a heartwarming novel that tells a realistic and profound story of a girl who lost her adoptive parents in a car accident A coming of age novel that shows the growth and understanding of a little girl towards life and the people around her A sweet and sad story of a genius child who just wants to make friends and love them and be loved back.I bought this book for the fact that the main character, Willow Chance, is a geni I totally adored this book and its characters.Counting by 7s is absolutely a heartwarming novel that tells a realistic and profound story of a girl who lost her adoptive parents in a car accident A coming of age novel that shows the growth and understanding of a little girl towards life and the people around her A sweet...It said I was highly gifted Are people lowly gifted Or medium gifted Or just gifted It s possible that all labels are curses Unless they are cleaning products.Because its my opinion it s not really a great idea to see people as one thing Every person has lots of ingredients to make them into what is always a one of a kind creation We are all imperfect genetic stews THIS WAS MY FAVORITE QUOTE and near the first half of this book so I wasn t tired YET of this child s chatter Wil It said I was highly gifted Are people lowly gifted Or medium gifted Or just gifted It s possible that all labels are curses Unless they are cleaning products.Because its my opinion it s not really a great idea to see people as one thing Every person has lots of ingredients to make them into what is always a one of a kind creation We are all imperfect genetic stews THIS WAS MY FAVORITE QUOTE and near the first half of this book so I wasn t tired YET of this child s chatter Willow loves plants, the colo...An excellent introduction to the Manic Pixie Dream Girl phenomenon for kids Watch the quirky, plucky, feisty, vocabulary obsessed orphan genius change the lives of everyone around her, just by existing Whoo.Obviously, not wowed It had a very magical world sort of feel to it, a bit of fairy tale in its oddness They kept saying she was a genius, but except for a few offscreen things passing tests for adults , you never felt that Also, before her parents deaths which, how odd...There is no such thing as a perfect book.But I believe pretty strongly that there IS such a thing as the right book at the right time for the right person.Counting by 7s was the right book at the right time for me And for that reason I will probably love it forever.But it certainly isn t a perfect book In fact, there were some issues that, at many times, would have been deal breakers for me.Like the author s apparent aversion to paragraphs What s wrong with writing in paragraphs Why the need There is no such thing as a perfect book.But I believe pretty strongly that there IS such a thing as the right book at the right time for the right person.Counting by 7s w...Counting by 7s is the story of Willow Chance, a precocious 12 year old whose parents are killed in an automobile accident It details the aftermath of this tragedy, and Willow s attempts to build a new life and a new home with a cast of other people who don t quite fit in.The book is getting a fair amount of awards buzz, and a lot of reviewers have really positive things to say about it Having finished it, however, I find myself unpersuaded.The biggest problem I had is with Willow herself I di Counting by 7s is the story of Willow Chance, a precocious 12 year old whose parents are killed in an automobile accident It details the aftermath of this tragedy, and Willow s attempts to build a new life and a new home with a cast of other people who don t quite fit in.The book is getting a fair amount of awards buzz, and a lot of reviewers have really positive things to say about it Having finished it,...

• English
• 13 June 2017
Holly Goldberg Sloan
• Hardcover
• 380 pages
• 0803738552
• Holly Goldberg Sloan
• Counting by 7s