But mainly she uses her extreme intelligence to help people (like telling the cab driver he should have a dangerous-looking mole on his neck checked out) and make her corner of the world a better place, even at a time of great personal suffering. Counting by 7s offers an array of positive, diverse characters - a white counselor who's transformed by really caring about three of his students, a Vietnamese nail salon owner who takes a total stranger under her wing, a Mexican taxi driver who's re-inspired to follow his dream of going back to school, two Vietnamese-American teen siblings - a troublemaking boy who lets down his guard, makes new friends and re-engages, and a fashion-loving girl who leads Willow out of darkness with her warm and easy friendship - and Willow herself, a "person of color" who does lie to her parents and defy authority on occasion.
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