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Counting By 7's Book Report

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Counting by 7's Essay 7, 14, 21, 28, 35... Counting by 7's is by an amazing author named Holly Goldberg Sloan. Counting by 7's is about Willow Chance. A 12 year old genius from California that loses her parents in a car accident. She has to face challenges that no other 12 year old wants to face. In this book, she has to find a new place to live. Willow takes counseling with a man named Dell Duke. 42, 49, 56, 63, 70... Willow has a lot of personal traits. She is very interested in gardening, people's disorders, learning, and reading. Willow is adopted by a African father and a white mother. Willow is the smartest person I have ever read about! She turns a fun game into math! One quote from the book that really shows you how sad it was when she lost her parents is this. "And after that in whispers comes the news that the two people I love the most in the world are gone forever." …show more content…

Now time to talk about me! My name is Kiley, I have a lot of personal traits as well. I like to surf, to play basketball, and I like to play soccer. Some challenges I face are I have sports and school so right when I get home from basketball I have to do my homework right away which isn't the easiest thing because I get home at like 6 or 7!! That's enough about me, now let's talk about some similarities and some

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