Counting by Sevens Review

                                                

                                                       *****Counting by Sevens*****  

     ---Summary---
    The book Counting by Sevens author, Holly Goldberg Sloan, tells an amazing story  through the eyes of a misfit  genius. Her story of courage, fear, joy, sadness and everything in-between is inspiring and moving. Willow is the brilliant outsider that is not your average twelve year old. After being accused of cheating on the state exam when she earns a perfect score, Willow is sent to the lazy school counselor and meets new friends that she finds interesting, a gaping tangent from the rest of her life. Little does she know that far away her parents are driving home, that far away a brutal car crash just took place and puts Willow into the hands of her newfound friends' family. Soon, Willow begins to affect everyone around her in amazing ways that change their lives forever even as she struggles to re-build her own. 




    ---The Cause of Grief---

    Willow Chance is a twelve year old genius who fits in nowhere but her house.  And when she loses her two parents even that goes away. After a tragic car wreck Willow is sent into a state of being lost, her school counselor and the efforts to find her a new foster family can't change that.

--- How it Affected Them---

   Willow goes quiet. She finds no happiness in the things that used to entertain her and rarely eats or sleeps. She becomes extremely depressed, ignoring everyone around her including her school counselor and  the family that agreed to temporarily bring her in. Those close to her begin to wonder if she will ever  be the same.

---How Their Life Changed Because of It---

      Through the combined efforts of her foster family and the school counselor Willow begins to find happiness in the little things. Like the garden in front of her apartment building, the skylight in her room and the family that brought her in. She learns that family doesn't have to be through blood to have meaning in your heart.  

---The Author's Goal--- 

     Reading this book you learn many things. You learn how your life affects others' even when you don't want it to. And I believe the author was trying to show how,  through a series of amazing characters, and their point of views on Willow and how she changed it. 

---My Rating--- 



  




  This review is missing a half a star only because it is a major tearjerker and I cried in class, if you read this book in public remember to bring tissues. Or say it was allergies. Overall, this is an amazing book that is brilliantly written. It's an emotional roller-coaster that you can't put down and you will remember for the rest of your life. Thumbs up to Holly Goldberg Sloan. 

---Recommended---

 When this book leaves you thinking you won't be able to ever feel the way you did reading this book ever again, I'm here to prove you wrong. 

  Out of My Mind 
By: Sharon M. Draper


   Melody is not like the other people at her school. She is a prisoner inside her own body due to the cerebral palsy she was born with. But, just because she is physically challenged doesn't mean she is mentally. Her mind is like a camera, and she is smarter then most of the doctors and teachers trying to say she isn't ready for anything above a kindergarten level education. Will she ever find a voice? And when she does will others be ready to hear it? 

      The Fault in Our Stars
    By: John Green 

   Hazel Grace Lancaster was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer when she was thirteen. But, thanks to a medicinal miracle she has bought herself a couple years and is now a college student. When a worrying mother sends her to the Cancer Kid Support Group Hazel meets the love of her life, Augustus Waters and they go on an amzing journey through love and life. 

   Like Counting by Sevens these feature inspiring storylines, a well written plot, and characters that you will fall in love with every time you read it again. These books are ones  that you won't be able to put down. A common theme  that these books focus on is defying the stereotypes that society has set for these characters because they are different, or limited physically. If you are a person with a heart, that loves being invested in a book until it seems like you are part of it.....well my friend you are in luck because these books will exceed your highest expectations.


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Counting by Sevens official website


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Out of My Mind book trailer



The Fault in Our Stars official movie trailer



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