Interest age: 9+
Reading age: 9+

Counting by 7s

Author: Holly Goldberg Sloan

Publisher: Piccadilly Press

Willow is a very gifted child that everyone finds a little disconcerting, when her parents are killed in a car accident those around her take care of her and their lives are changed forever.

A heart-breaking and heart-warming read. Definitely for the more emotionally mature.

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