|a Families |z New York (State) |z New York |v Fiction. |a Family life |z New York (State) |z New York |v Fiction. |a Thyme Owens moves across the country with her family so her younger brother can take part in a promising cancer drug trial, and though all she wants is for him to get better, adjusting to life in Manhattan is anything but easy.- |c Provided by publisher. 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.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.From the Hardcover edition.|a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d JBL |d QX9 |d NYP |d OQX |d BDX |d UtOrBLW 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 homeWhen eleven-year-old Thyme Owens' little brother, Val, is accepted into a new cancer drug trial, it's just the second chance that he. 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.
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. Owens accepts a full-time position in the city, Thyme has to face the frightening possibility that the move to New York is permanent.
Melanie grew up in North Carolina and worked as a product designer before she began her writing career.
The island of Manhattan doesn’t exactly inspire new beginnings, but Thyme tries to embrace the change for what it is: temporary.After Val’s treatment shows real promise and Mr. First published Book details & editions About the author Melanie Conklin 6 books205 followers Melanie Conklin is the author of Counting Thyme, Every Missing Piece, and A Perfect Mistake. 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. 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 homeWhen 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.
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