Counting By Sevens is about a girl named Willow who was adopted by her beloved parents, Jimmy and Roberta Chance. Soon after Willow has been put in counseling classes with Dell Duke, a district counselor, for acing a state test when nobody else did (they thought she cheated). Willow suffers the loss of both of her parents passing away due to the result of a car crash. A girl named Mai who Willow knew because Mai was taking her brother Quang Ha to counseling classes at the same place as Willow, convinces the policeman that Willow and Mai`s family are family friends so Willow can stay with them in the garage behind the nail salon that Mai`s mom owns. Throughout the story Willow is put through many twists and turns along the way that form her into who she truly is.