Ask students to examine the ethical nature of a character’s actions and choices in Counting by 7s. Have them set up a “report card” using a chart and include the following eight categories: respect, responsibility, cooperation, caring,
integrity, self-control, honesty, and effort. In addition, include a teacher’s comments section. In each category, give
the character a letter grade that you believe he/she deserves based on actions and choices made in the book. In
“comments,” use two specific pieces of evidence from the novel to explain/support the grade.

H”A graceful, meaningful tale featuring a cast of charming, well-rounded characters who learn sweet—but never cloying—

lessons about resourcefulness, community, and true resilience in the face of loss.”—Booklist, starred review

H”What sets this novel apart from the average orphan-finds-a-home book is its lack of sentimentality, its truly multicultural

cast (Willow describes herself as a ‘person of color’; Mai and Quang-ha are of mixed Vietnamese, African American, and

Mexican ancestry), and its tone. . . . Poignant.”—The Horn Book, starred review

H”Willow’s story is one of renewal, and her journey of rebuilding the ties that unite people as a family will stay in readers’

d.) then bernice winced as marjorie tossed her own hair over her shoulders and began to twist it slowly into two long blond braids until in her cream-colored negligée she looked like a delicate painting of some saxon princess. fascinated, bernice watched the braids grow. heavy and luxurious they were, moving under the supple fingers like restive snakes—and to bernice remained this relic and the curling iron and a to-morrow full of eyes.

tom comes from a southern part of the hemisphere and down in the south they talk with a lot of slang the family doesnt quiet understand what tom is tryna say becaus ehe talks like a three year old but near the end they finally try and desihper toms letter and its a success i have no idea hwta book this is or how to even answere this question honeslty but i am a really fast typer so i did this actually incrediably quick with the swiftness of the flash