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 countedĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 08:01:31 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40705822 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier 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. 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. After Val s treatment shows real promise and Mr. The island of Manhattan doesn t exactly inspire new beginnings, but Thyme tries to embrace the change for what it is: temporary. 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.

Counting Thyme by Melanie Conklin