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Counting By 7s Analysis

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Recently, I read the book Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan. Counting by 7s is a wonderful about a girl named Willow who goes though many difficult challenges in life and getting a bit out of her comfort zone. Willow's parents both died which was very challenging. When this happened she had to move different places along with loosing some of her favorite hobbies. "Jimmy died on the scene...Roberta stopped breathing three hours later." This was a quote from when Willows parents died. This was very hard for Willow because she had no place to live or any other family. It's was very defining because she never knew if she would ever see her parents again. Also, during that period of time Willow lost many of her favorite hobbies such as gardening

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