Counting to D

Kate Scott — 2014

The kids at Sam's school never knew if they should make fun of her for being too smart or too dumb. That's what it means to be dyslexic, smart, and illiterate. Sam is sick of it. So when her mom gets a job in a faraway city, Sam decides not to tell anyone about her little illiteracy problem. Without her paradox of a reputation, she falls in with a new group of highly competitive friends who call themselves the Brain Trust. When she meets Nate, her charming valedictorian lab partner, she declares her new reality perfect. But in order to keep it that way, she has to keep her learning disability a secret. The books are stacked against her and so are the lies. Sam's got to get the grades, get the guy, and get it straight-without being able to read.

Reviews

Chelsea Hunter@cnhbookdragon

Dec 14, 2021

*I received this book free to read and review. Thanks to Elliot Books and Edelweiss.* Counting to D was an interesting story that quickly captured my attention. I love math, so it was great that the main character was amazing at math. It was also quite intriguing to read about someone who has dyslexia while being a math genius, and I thought it added a lot to the main character and how she grew as an individual throughout the novel. All Sam wanted to be, was accepted, for who she was, but peer pressure kept her from opening up to her new friends about who she really was. It was fascinating to see how she dealt with that and how she was able to overcome insecuity issues that she had about herself. The romance was slightly laid-back, and enjoyable, but it wasn't as strong as I wished it would have been. The ending of the novel wasn't great and it wasn't horrible either, and it definitely wasn't how I expected it to end. Overall, the book was a cute, quick read that wasn't too deep or hard to get into.