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The protagonist of the story was adopted, and she is an insanely smart girl that likes the number 7. She is a deep thinker and very observant.

Willow Chance is introverted and a genius. She obsesses over two things: plants and medical conditions. Her adoptive parents have allowed her to build an incredible sanctuary of plants in their backyard. They also have her transferred to a different school in the hope that Willow can find a teacher to challenge her. They also hope that she will finally make a friend.

"2+5=7. And 257 is a prime number. Super-special. There is order in my universe" (11)

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He is the counselor of the school that Willow goes to, Willow has to meet with him sometimes. Willow didn't like him at first, but as the story goes further and further, Willow starts to consider Duke as a friend.

"His head was very round. Most human heads are not round. Very, very few, in fact have any real spherical quality."(48)

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Her parents die in a car accident two months after she starts a new school.

"The two people I love most in the world are gone forever.
No
No
No"(8)

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A 14 year old girl that is a freshman at Condon High School. She is a strong-willed character, a character with attractive qualities, and will eventually become Willow's friend.

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Willow lives in Bakersfield, in Southern California. It is hot and dry there; on a normal day it would be around 100 degrees in her hometown. Willow's parents love her, and she likes to study medical conditions and plants.

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Willow calls her parents to tell them that she will be spending the day with Mai. Surprisingly, her parents don't call back but Willow suspects that her parents just don't have time. Willow comes home from school to see that there were police cars outside her house.

"I clearly hear four words: 'There's been an accident.'"(8)

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Willow had a garden in her backyard to feel like she belonged somewhere. The garden comforted her and when she felt like she needed to be somewhere isolated she was comfortable there. She spent her spare time working in the garden. It was like her friend because not many kids her age wanted to hang around with her. The garden means a lot to her because it helps her feel like she belongs somewhere because there isn't many places where she is accepted.

"I was told that I lived too much inside my head.
Maybe because of this, I haven’t done that well at school and I’ve never had many friends.
But my garden gave me a window into other aspects of companionship." (Page 18)

"I have photos from the early trips to buy seeds and pick out young plants. I look insanely excited." (Page 20)

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Willow is shocked by the death of her parents, Jimmy and Roberta Chance. Mai is very supportive of Willow and understands how she feels. Mai goes to the extent and lies to the police officers that she has known Willow's family for many years. By doing this, the Nguyen have temporary custody over Willow so she doesn't need to live in some foster care place.

"She lied. She told the police that she'd known Willow for many years, not for only weeks."(113)

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She moves into the back of Pattie's Nail salon

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She moves into the back of Pattie's Nail salon

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After Willow learns that her parents have die she has no where to go and gets adopted by her friend's parents
"Now I cannot think.
I cannot concentrate.
I cannot breathe."

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She suffers from depression and struggles to enjoy life and bounce back

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She suffers from depression and struggles to enjoy life and bounce back

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She stops counting by 7 s because she doesn't count in the world

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Willow has a hard time getting along with most people throughout the story because she is so different. Also Willow is trying to fit in she wants to be normal compared to other people. She is so desperate to fit in that she was even researching what teenagers do one time.

"I tried to fit in. I researched teenagers, which was interesting because I was close to becoming one."(25)

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She doesn't know what to do with her life

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She doesn't know what to do with her life

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She is afraid of moving in with dell, but ends up loving it.

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She is afraid of moving in with dell, but ends up loving it.

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She moves in with her new guardian, dell and is still sad. Later she learns that she needs to move on and enjoy her life.

"To me anyway.
And comfort is a thing of the past."

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Willow starts to change everyone, including herself. Willow starts to look at the world in a different way. On page 272, Willow starts to run. Willow runs with Mai, and Dell Duke. In the middle of Willow's run, she starts to appreciate the gift of life. Willow starts to become more social and she starts to talk to people she isn't very familiar with, such as Quang-Ha.

"I go from light-headed to feeling grateful for the gift of life."(276)

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Willow wants to plant some plants in the Gardens Of Glen wood. She finds PRIME spot for do the planting but to the near of the fertile spot is very dirty.
"Thanks for the help Sam!"

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She starts taking help from Sam because they are old friends and he helps her clean the courtyard to make space for her
"Was everyone else lowly gifted?"

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Willow ends up living up with the Nguyen's, at the Garden Glenwood. this is good for both Willow and the Nguyen because then Willow can live with people she is happy with. and the Nguyens can live in a better place.

"I decide that when my head begins to pound from now on, I will shut my eyes and count to 7,
instead of by 7s.
I see each one of these people like the colors of the rainbow.
They are vivid and distinct.
And they hold a permanent place in my heart."

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Pattie is a mom of 2 and the head of a salon. She lives in a parking garage and barely has enough to feed her kids until Willow comes into her life.

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A disruptive 14 year old and the brother of Mai. When Willow first arrives in his life he is not too happy. He clearly shows that he doesn't like Willow but after some time when they move into Dell's apartment, Willow starts helping Quang-Ha out with homework he starts adapting to her

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Jario is a taxi driver that started only as a temporary job

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Lenore Cole is the social worker who is trying to get Willow legal parents.

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Willow Chance is a 12 year-old girl that just starts middle school. Willow is obsessed with diseases, plants, and the number 7. Willow is a genius and as a result, her teachers think that she is cheating and sends her to Dell Duke for counseling. She meets Mai and Quang-Ha in Dell's office. The catches up to the part where her parents die. Mai's family then decides that they will temporarily be Willow's legal parents. Willow remembers her garden at her old home, and she decides to start a project involving plants. Willow finishes the project, but she is still worried about who will adopt her.

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When in court,Willow gets sentenced to adoption by Pattie Nguyen but what she doesn't know is that Pattie is in a consensual  with Jairo

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We noticed that many characters changed during this book, but we noticed was that Willow was Changing Characters. It states in the book in chapter 13,:She was a blinking warning light. and Jairo paid attention to signs.¨ this shows that she changed Jairo because Jairo said that he was going to pay attention to her. again it says in the book in chapter 56 it states,: "He knew for certain that it would be magnificent." this was by dell duke before the court interaction for Willow, this shows that he knew becuase of the signs he saw too, that means that he changed also.

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Pattie Nguyen owns a small business in town. Pattie supports the Nguyen family with the small amount of money she earns by running the nail salon. Behind the nail salon is the garage that the Nguyen's live in.

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Dell owns a room in the apartment building. His room has a big screen television and the backyard has a big lava rock.

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Beginning Eager - Wants to learn and know everything she can.

Smart - She is a and she thinks logically

Accelerate - She is able to move on with her life and put what is behind her behind her.

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Because she doesn't know what to do with her life because she is small little girl

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Because she doesn't know what to do with her life because she is small little girl

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"Now that Jimmy and Roberta Chance are gone, what binds me to this world?"(142)

Willow is very sad about her parents dying but she is also sad because now she has no where to live. She is at the children's center. She is in the waiting room when she sees the cover of the newspaper:
"The photograph takes up most of the space above the fold.

The headline reads: TWO LIVES CLAIMED IN A FIERY CAR CRASH, third person in a coma"(140).

That is when she faints. Fainting is bad enough but when she falls the trunk of the elephant shaped table in front of her, cuts her glabella (That is the space between your eyes).

"I get 9 stitches. The old me would have asked for 7, because that was my number. But the doctor puts 9."