Counting by 7's by Holly Goldberg Sloan, is a novel about a very gifted twelve year old girl, Willow Chance, who loses her adopted parents in a car accident and has nowhere to go.
Willow is a genius, and most likely on the aspergers spectrum, although it never says that for sure. She is taken in by a Vietnamese family, who she barely knows. She is also placed in the care of a lazy school counselor, and befriends a Mexican taxi driver. All their lives are changed forever by their friendships with Willow.
This is a beautifully written story, told mostly in the first person through Willow's unique perspective. It is impossible not to fall in love with her, and laugh and cry and hope with her.
A wonderful read, not soon forgotten.
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