With equal parts heart and humor, Melanie Conklin’s debut is a courageous and charming story of love and family-and what it means to be counted.

All Thyme can do is count the minutes, the hours, and days, and hope time can bring both a miracle for Val and a way back home. She finds herself even more mixed up when her heart feels the tug of new friends, a first crush, and even a crotchety neighbor and his sweet whistling bird. Book enhanced with curriculum aligned questions and activities. Newbery-winning Rules meets Counting by 7s in this affecting story of a girl’s devotion to her brother. Newbery-winning Rules meets Counting by 7s in this affecting story of a girl’s devotion to her brother and what it means to be home When eleven-year-old. Thyme loves her brother, and knows the trial could save his life-she’d give anything for him to be well-but she still wants to go home, although the guilt of not wanting to stay is agonizing. Read Counting Thyme by Conklin, Melanie, lexile & reading level: 680, (ISBN: 9780698411739). Counting Thyme by Melanie Conklin: 9780698411739 : Books. Owens accepts a full-time position in the city, Thyme has to face the frightening possibility that the move to New York is permanent. The island of Manhattan doesn’t exactly inspire new beginnings, but Thyme tries to embrace the change for what it is: temporary.Īfter Val’s treatment shows real promise and Mr. But it also means the Owens family has to move to New York, thousands of miles away from Thyme’s best friend and everything she knows and loves. When eleven-year-old Thyme Owens’ little brother, Val, is accepted into a new cancer drug trial, it’s just the second chance that he needs. When she’s not writing, Melanie spends her time doodling and dreaming up new ways to be creative. Counting Thyme is definitely ranked amongst the saddest books I’ve ever read, and yet it lies with my favorites. Melanie grew up in North Carolina and worked as a product designer before she began her writing career. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers: New York, 2016 16.99 When I’m picking out books to read, I usually try to avoid the sad ones.

Newbery-winning Rules meets Counting by 7s in this affecting story of a girl’s devotion to her brother and what it means to be home 6 books200 followers Melanie Conklin is the author of Counting Thyme, Every Missing Piece, and A Perfect Mistake.