![]() ![]() ![]() Willow befriends the girl, Mai, and goes so far as to learn Vietnamese so that she can converse with her new friend in her native tongue. One day, Willow arrives to a counseling session and two high-schoolers, Mai and Quang-ha Nguyen, a sister and brother duo, are waiting for Dell. Dell has never met a student like Willow, and her intelligence inspires him. As a result, she meets with the school's behavioral counselor, Dell Duke. Willow struggles through her first few weeks at Sequoia Middle School, during which time her teacher accuses her of cheating on a test she completed perfectly. She knows she is different and has only ever felt truly accepted by her adoptive parents, Jimmy and Roberta. The novel's protagonist is 12-year-old Willow Chance, a “highly gifted” girl fascinated by the number seven, plants, and medicine. ![]()
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