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Feb 07, 2017
Willow Chance counts by 7s. Adopted as a baby, Willow is a highly gifted child who relates more to her parents than to other kids. So Willow sticks to doing advanced math equations, diagnosing medical conditions, tending to her garden, and counting all things in 7s. That was the old Willow, anyways. The new Willow no longer counts by 7s or sees the world in colour. Readers will be swept along Willow’s story as she creates a make-shift family out of a taxi-driver with a potentially cancerous mole on the back of his neck, a Vietnamese family who live in the back of their nail salon, and a struggling school councilor who lacks life purpose. Full of creative language and told from the view of a brilliant 12 year old who goes through the worse kind of loss, Counting by 7s is full of heartbreak, family, and the hope the future holds. KC Rating: 5/5 Starting this book seemed awkward, as we start in the future and then lead into flashbacks, but after the flashbacks everything makes sense. The secondary characters are amazingly flushed out and vibrant, and the third-person perspectives that are sprinkled throughout the story are just toppings to an enjoyable, relatable, and beautiful coming-of-age journey.