counting by 7s by holly goldberg sloan

COUNTING BY 7S BY HOLLY GOLDBERG

SLOAN

By: Madison Fisher

MAIN CHARACTER…

Willow

Mai

Patty

Dell Duke

MINOR CHARACTER…

Quang-Ha

Jairo Hernandez (Taxi Man)

Case worker

ANTAGONIST AND PROTAGONIST

Willow is the Protagonist and the Antagonist. This is because she can be good and bad to herself at times.

SETTING

The setting is in Bakersfield with is a small town.

Dell Duke office and apartment

Patty's nail salon and garage

Foster Freeze

MAJOR EVENTS #1

When Roberta and Jimmy Chance got into a car crash

• Roberta was going to a doctors appointment because she had a dimple on her chest. After, the appointment they told her she had a tumor and it had to be removed immediately. So, Roberta called her husband Jimmy to tell him the news. Jimmy picked her up and they headed to a hospital near by. They were rushing down the street and the car got smashed.

MAJOR EVENT #2

Living with Dell Duke • Patty had full responsibility for Willow while her

case worker was looking for foster parents. The case worker called Patty and said that she will be stopping by every week for house exception's. The case worker things Patty, Mai, Quang-Ha and Willow live in Dell Dukes apartment but, in reality they live in a garage. In that case, Patty and the gang decided to live with Dull Duke until further notice.

MAJOR EVENT #3

The garden • Willow asked Dell for some sunflower seeds. Dell got

over 4 dozen. Willow wanted to plant them in the old garden on the first floor. She had to go to City Hall to get permission but eventually she did. They spent all day working on the garden. They waited for months and the sunflowers bloomed. Dell and Willow went to Southside Nursery and they saw Henry who is the owner. Henry was a friend of Willows dad. Henry surprised Willow and came to the apartment. He brought 4 men and they cut down the sunflowers, put in a 3 year old cherry tree, bamboo and tons of flowers.

CONFLICT

First of all, Willow had OCD with is a disorder of the brain and behaviors. And to make things worse her parents died in a car crash and she has no place to go. She was forced to have a case worker. She would find a new home for Willow.

RESOLUTION

Willow went to court and Dell Duke, Quang-Ha, Mai, Patty, and Jairo were there. Patty and Jairo became her legal guardians. She relived that her favorite number is still 7, that red is a lucky color, and life goes on.