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.
Melanie Conklin is a writer, reader, and all-around lover of books and those who create them. She lives in South Orange, New Jersey, with her husband and two small maniacs. Melanie spent a decade as a product designer and approaches her writing with the same three-dimensional thinking and fastidious attention to detail. Counting Thyme is her debut novel.
Melanie Conklin is a writer, reader, and all-around lover of books and those who create them. She lives in South Orange, New Jersey, with her husband and two small maniacs. Melanie spent a decade as a product designer and approaches her writing with the same three-dimensional thinking and fastidious attention to detail. Counting Thyme is her debut novel.
Praise for Counting Thyme:
A 2016 Nerdy Book Club Award Winner
“Debut author Conklin writes with a pitch-perfect middle-grade
voice… A nice choice for middle-grade readers who enjoy heartfelt
and emotional novels.”—Booklist
“Thyme’s remarkable perseverance and resilience will inspire
readers of Conklin’s compassionate tale.”—Kirkus Reviews
“[A] sweet book that will strum the heartstrings of
readers.”—School Library Journal
“Conklin successfully weaves together the shifting dynamics of a
loving family under crisis with the less dramatic but equally
heartfelt turmoil of coming of age in a new
environment.”—Publishers Weekly
“Counting Thyme shows how a serious illness can tear the fabric of
a family apart, and love can stitch it back together again. This
deeply moving story of family, friendship, and belonging will
settle deep in your heart and stay there long after the final page
is read.”—Donna Gephart, award-winning author of Death by Toilet
Paper and Lily and Dunkin
“Melanie Conklin brings New York vividly to life in Counting Thyme,
a gentle story fueled by heart, hope, and beautifully developed
characters.”—Pat Schmatz, award-winning author of Bluefish
Praise for Counting Thyme A 2016 Nerdy Book Club Award Winner "Debut author Conklin writes with a pitch-perfect middle-grade voice... A nice choice for middle-grade readers who enjoy heartfelt and emotional novels."--Booklist "Thyme's remarkable perseverance and resilience will inspire readers of Conklin's compassionate tale."--Kirkus Reviews "[A] sweet book that will strum the heartstrings of readers."--School Library Journal "Conklin successfully weaves together the shifting dynamics of a loving family under crisis with the less dramatic but equally heartfelt turmoil of coming of age in a new environment."--Publishers Weekly "Counting Thyme shows how a serious illness can tear the fabric of a family apart, and love can stitch it back together again. This deeply moving story of family, friendship, and belonging will settle deep in your heart and stay there long after the final page is read."--Donna Gephart, award-winning author of Death by Toilet Paper and Lily and Dunkin "Melanie Conklin brings New York vividly to life in Counting Thyme, a gentle story fueled by heart, hope, and beautifully developed characters."--Pat Schmatz, award-winning author of Bluefish
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