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Counting by 7s

Counting by 7s

Sloan, Holly Goldberg

Hardcover

FamilyGeneral Juvenile Fiction

Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN10: 0803738552
ISBN13: 9780803738553
Publisher: Rocky Pond Books
Published: Aug 29 2013
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.10
Height: 1.40 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
Awards: Beehive Awards, Black-Eyed Susan Award, Bluebonnet Awards, Buckeye Children's Book Award, Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, Colorado Children's Book Award, Delaware Diamonds Award, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, E.B. White Read Aloud Award, Evergreen Young Adult Book Award, Georgia Children's Book Award, Golden Sower Award, Grand Canyon Reader Award, Great Stone Face Book Award, Iowa Teen Award, Isinglass Teen Read Award, Kentucky Bluegrass Award, Keystone to Reading Book Award, Land of Enchantment Book Award, Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award, Mark Twain Readers Award, Massachusetts Children's Book Award, Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award, North Carolina Children's Book Award, Nutmeg Book Award, Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, Rhode Island Teen Book Award, South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award, Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Virginia Readers Choice Award, Volunteer State Book Awards, William Allen White Childens Book Award, Young Reader's Choice Award
In the tradition of Out of My Mind, Wonder, and Mockingbird, this is an intensely moving middle grade novel about being an outsider, coping with loss, and discovering the true meaning of family.

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 life . . . until 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.

Holly Goldberg Sloan writes about belonging in a way I've never quite seen in any other book. This is a gorgeous, funny, and heartwarming novel that I'll never forget.--John Corey Whaley, author of Where Things Come Back

Willow Chance subtly drew me into her head and her life, so much so that I was holding my breath for her by the end. Holly Goldberg Sloan has created distinct characters who will stay with you long after you finish the book.--Sharon Creech, Newbery Award-winning author of Walk Two Moons

In achingly beautiful prose, Holly Goldberg Sloan has written a delightful tale of transformation that's a celebration of life in all its wondrous, hilarious and confounding glory. Counting by 7s is a triumph.--Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette

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