https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e September 17th, 2021 en-us 2021-09-17 19:08:46 UTC 2025-09-25 03:29:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1577005930277-fb65ca4c9e04?crop=entropy&cs=srgb&fm=jpg&ixid=Mnw3ODI2fDB8MXxzZWFyY2h8OHx8cHJldHR5JTIwZmxvd2Vyc3xlbnwwfHx8fDE2MzE4OTA3NTA&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=85 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1749510618 Willow Chance, the main character, was driving home from her counseling session with her friend Mai Nguyen, and her older brother Quang-Ha. They were being driven home by their counselor Dell Duke, and when they got to Willow's house, they found out their parents had gotten into a terrible car accident.]]> 2021-09-17 19:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1749510618 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1749546150 Going back before the accident, it was her first day of middle school, and she was scared. She took a test that nobody's ever gotten a perfect store, and the school assumed she cheated. She got sent to the counselors office, where she met Dell Duke. Dell Duke had a way of organization, called FREAKS. There are the Lone Wolves, Misfits, Oddballs, and the Weirdos. He played a game with Willow, testing her intelligence, and he made a new label called "GENIUS." and made it just for Willow.]]> 2021-09-17 20:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1749546150 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1749565664 Willow explains how she has a love for medicine, and plants. She loves going to the hospital and researching all about the illnesses that the patients have, until she gets kicked out. Willow also plants all day, and she even said that if she could plant all day and not sleep, she would. She hates socializing, and always struggled to make friends. ]]> 2021-09-17 20:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1749565664 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1749572834 Willow didn't mind counseling, since it gave her something to do. However, she didn't tell her parents about it yet, and she had to lie about it. Dell Duke loved having Willow, it motivated him. On their next session, Dell made her retake the test. She finished in 14 minutes, when Dell gave her 15 to finish. She got another perfect score, and Dell was so impressed. He wanted to step up his game, to be as good as Willow. He was blessed to have her, and he was inspired by her.]]> 2021-09-17 20:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1749572834 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1749576527 Willow's parents started to ask how she was doing school, since she has never been good at socializing. She was too smart, and scared everyone away. Her parents always worried about her, but were so happy to hear that she was having a good time. Of course, she didn't tell them about the counseling, because they'd flip out.]]> 2021-09-17 20:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1749576527 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1749579462 Dell said he was going to bring a surprise to Willow's session today, and when she got there, there were two kids sitting inside. The boy's name was Quang-Ha, and he was a trouble maker. The girl's name was Mai Nguyen, and they were siblings. However, Mai was a great student, while her brother was the complete opposite.]]> 2021-09-17 20:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1749579462 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1749586076 When Dell Duke got back, he had a metal cage in his hand, and inside that cage was an orange cat named Cheddar. They had their session, and when it was time to leave, Dell picked up the cage. However, there was no Cheddar in sight. ]]> 2021-09-17 20:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1749586076 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1765829677 The group started to print missing cat signs, but noticed there was no picture. That's when Quang-Ha drew a perfect representation of Cheddar, despite only seeing him for a couple seconds. They started posting the signs everywhere, and began searching. However, this was all a set up by Dell Duke. He just wanted to work with Willow.]]> 2021-09-24 14:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1765829677 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1765842631 Dell lived in a small trailer, and was very lazy. He had wine glasses everywhere, slept on a lawn chair, a sleeping bag, and there was trash everywhere. He thought cleaning was a waste of time, and a mattress was a waste of money. However, after seeing how intelligent Willow Chance is, he started getting his act together.]]> 2021-09-24 14:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1765842631 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1765849822 Willow, Quang-Ha, and Mai met at Dell's trailer for counseling. Mai and Quang-Ha were kicked out, but Mai wanted to stay. They said their goodbyes in Vietnamese, and Mai headed off. Willow's counseling session was a bit different, and since she was bored she decided to answer all the questions wrong to see how Dell would react. This backfired greatly.]]> 2021-09-24 14:37:11 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1765849822 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766223175 Willow was telling us about how horrible her Kindergarten experience was, and it was horrible. She hated all of her classmates because they weren't as smart as her, and she hated the books her teacher read. She thought they were "babyish" and she hated them so much. She got sent to the principal's office after she told her teacher about how she hated everything.]]> 2021-09-24 17:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766223175 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766229299 Willow was adopted into her family, and her parents loved her. However, she was different. She loved her parents a lot, and the accident hurt her. Her parents were her best friends, and she hated seeing them go.]]> 2021-09-24 17:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766229299 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766252518 Willow's mother, Roberta, was unable to have kids. Because of this, Willow's father, Jimmy, said they should try adoption. On their way to the Bakersfield Imaging Center, they were so excited. After the appointment, they sat on a bench for hours, but what seemed like 5 minutes. They were just enjoying each other's company, happy to finally have a baby. Willow Chance.]]> 2021-09-24 17:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766252518 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766259591 When Roberta and Jimmy finally got up from the bench, they got in the car and started driving straight to the adoption center. They were usually very calm and careful drivers, but now they were too excited. They sped through a red light, and crashed straight into a big truck. Jimmy died on the spot, and Roberta died in the hospital hours later.]]> 2021-09-24 17:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766259591 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766272075 Jairo was a taxi driver. It was supposed to be a side job for him, but he's been doing it for the past year. He wanted to be a medical technician, but couldn't afford it. Willow called Jairo up, and asked for all of his information, to make sure he was legit. This made Jairo mad, yet he still did it. ]]> 2021-09-24 17:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766272075 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766277534 After driving with Jairo more, Willow noticed a small mole. It wasn't a normal mole, it was broken with red and blue spots all around. Willow took matters into her own hands, and wrote a note to him saying he needed a dermatologist to perform a punch biopsy. This saved Jairo's life, and he now thinks of Willow as a savior, or an angel.]]> 2021-09-24 17:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766277534 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766347457 On their way home from counseling, Mai and Dell dropped off Willow at her house. When they got there, Mai was already super interested. She loved all of Willow's plants, and all her garden work. Mai wanted Willow to teach her how to do gardening, she thought it looked amazing. Mai also loved the color of Willow's house, it was the color of shrimp curry, as she described.]]> 2021-09-24 18:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766347457 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766357819 Quang-Ha is a high school student, and the older brother of Mai Nguyen. He's a huge troublemaker. He doesn't do any of his work, and is constantly sent to the principal's office. He was so disruptive that he was sent down to the middle school's counselor, Dell Duke. He was an amazing artist and had great focus when he wanted to.]]> 2021-09-24 18:24:00 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766357819 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766367806 Mai Ngyuen, a perfect student, and Quang-Ha's little sister. Mai was as perfect as can be, she was smart, hardworking, and sassy. She's willing to stand up for anyone if they're in need. Mai even yelled at Dell Duke for being mean to her older brother.]]> 2021-09-24 18:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766367806 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766379387 Now, it's back to the present. Willow's freaking out, crying. She can't believe her parents were gone. Dell and Mai were trying their best to comfort her, but it wasn't working. She's never had this big of a meltdown before, and she was heart broken. She didn't know what else to do.]]> 2021-09-24 18:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1766379387 leah2043292 https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1782077719 As of now, Willow lives with Mai's family in a garage. She doesn't care about anything anymore, and ends up having severe depression. She ran away, and slept in a library until she was found. She's going to be taken into foster care soon though, as she's going with a social worker. Dell Duke was helping Willow, and he finally feels accomplished because he was helping someone. Jairo reached out to Willow to make sure she was okay, and Willow knew Jairo cared a lot about her, since she saved his life.]]> 2021-09-30 17:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/leah2043292/8nvwsuwm8uy4fw6e/wish/1782077719