This is a gorgeous, funny, and heartwarming novel that I’ll never forget.”-John Corey Whaley, author of Where Things Come Back “Willow Chance subtly drew me into her head and her life, so much so that I was holding my breath for her by the end. “Holly Goldberg Sloan writes about belonging in a way I’ve never quite seen in any other book. Her journey to find a fascinatingly diverse and fully believable surrogate family is a joy and a revelation to read. This extraordinarily odd, but extraordinarily endearing, girl manages to push through her grief. The triumph of this book is that it is not a tragedy. until now.Suddenly Willow’s world is tragically changed when her parents both die in a car crash, leaving her alone in a baffling world. It has never been easy for her to connect with anyone other than her adoptive parents, but that hasn’t kept her from leading a quietly happy life. Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to count by 7s.
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