They become friends but then tragedy hits. She makes an unlikely bond with him throughout their talks, and also gets to know a girl whose brother goes to the counselor. After taking a test on which the teachers think she cheated, she goes to see Dell Duke, a counselor. The kids think she is a janitor because of her clothes, which is obviously very distressing on the first day of school. Unfortunately, when she gets there, it is a disaster. As she moves to Sequoia Middle School, Willow hopes she will make more friends. Because of her great interest in nature and science, most children think she is weird. Sadly, Willow does not have many friends. For example, she constantly tries to examine any little rash her parents get. Also, she loves most things to do with science, particularly medical conditions. She loves plants and enjoys learning about medicine. She loves counting by sevens, learning about math involving the number seven, and basically anything to do with SEVEN. We find out that she loves the number seven absolutely for no reason. In the beginning, you might be a little confused about what has happened, but this flashback reveals the background of the story and all its characters.
But then, it flashes back to before when everything was normal, to two months ago when Willow’s life was perfect.
The book starts out when Willow comes home from school to find that something terrible has happened that will change her life forever. Also, there are 49 fish on the cover, which is a multiple of 7. The red fish in the middle represents Willow being her own person and not just going with the flow. It says that she made the cover meaningful. On the back of the book, there is an interview of the author. There is a bigger fish in the middle but it is red, standing out from the other blue fishes. I want to talk about the cover first, which has a white background with fish on it. The main character is Willow Chance, an adopted girl who people might describe as “odd” or “weird”.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT SPOILERS, DO NOT READ THIS ARTICLE!!Ĭounting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan is a story about the obstacle of being judged by one’s appearance, kindness, and being true to one’s individual character.
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