【预订】Counting by 7s

InthetraditionofOutofMyMind,Wonder,andMockingbird,thisisanintenselymovingmiddlegradenovelaboutbeinganoutsider,copingwithloss,anddiscoveringthetruemeaningoffamily.WillowChanceisatwelve-year-oldgenius,obsessedwithnatureanddiagnosingmedicalconditions,whofindsitcomfortingtocountby7s.Ithasneverbeeneasyforhertoconnectwithanyoneotherthanheradoptiveparents,butthathasn’tkeptherfromleadingaquietlyhappylife...untilnow.?SuddenlyWillow’sworldistragicallychangedwhenherparentsbothdieinacarcrash,leavingheraloneinabafflingworld.Thetriumphofthisbookisthatitisnotatragedy.Thisextraordinarilyodd,butextraordinarilyendearing,girlmanagestopushthroughhergrief.Herjourneytofindafascinatinglydiverseandfullybelievablesurrogatefamilyisajoyandarevelationtoread.“HollyGoldbergSloanwritesaboutbelonginginawayI’veneverquiteseeninanyotherbook.Thisisagorgeous,funny,andheartwarmingnovelthatI’llneverforget.”—JohnCoreyWhaley,authorofWhereThingsComeBack"WillowChancesubtlydrewmeintoherheadandherlife,somuchsothatIwasholdingmybreathforherbytheend.HollyGoldbergSloanhascreateddistinctcharacterswhowillstaywithyoulongafteryoufinishthebook."—SharonCreech,NewberyAward-winningauthorofWalkTwoMoons"Inachinglybeautifulprose,HollyGoldbergSloanhaswrittenadelightfultaleoftransformationthat’sacelebrationoflifeinallitswondrous,hilariousandconfoundingglory.Countingby7sisatriumph."—MariaSemple,authorofWhere’dYouGo,Bernadette?,