Holly Goldberg Sloan

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An Amazon Best Book of the Month September 2013.  A Kids' Indie Next Top Ten List — #4, Best Books of Autumn 2013.  B.E.A. Buzz Book Award 2013.
In the tradition of Out of My Mind, Wonder, and Mockingbird, this is an intensely moving middle grade novel about being an outsider, coping with loss, and discovering the true meaning of family.
Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to count by 7s. 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 . . . 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. The triumph of this book is that it is not a tragedy. This extraordinarily odd, but extraordinarily endearing, girl manages to push through her grief. Her journey to find a fascinatingly diverse and fully believable surrogate family is a joy and a revelation to read.
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  • marshamarshahas quoted5 years ago
    The world where we live is so much in our head.
  • Ninahas quoted5 years ago
    If there is anything I’ve figured out in the last months it’s that you can find labels to organize living things, but you can’t put people in any kind of group or order.
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    When you care about other people, it takes the spotlight off your own drama.

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