(Read more about Conklin’s connection with Cookies for Kids’ Cancer here.) Bake sale items from Cookies for Kids’ Cancer will be available for sale at the Words event to raise funds to support pediatric cancer research. Melanie Conklin A Perfect Mistake Hardcover Jby Melanie Conklin (Author) 56 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 15.29 24 Used from 5.15 28 New from 8.87 Audio CD 27.26 2 New from 27. Copies of Counting Thyme will be available for purchase and signing and, according to Conklin, there will be “plenty of snacks to nosh.”īecause the novel reflects the realities of pediatric cancer, Conklin has partnered with Cookies for Kids’ Cancer, a global non-profit that funds pediatric cancer research that is very active in Maplewood-South Orange. Newbery-winning Rules meets Counting by 7s in this affecting story of a girls devotion to her brother and what it means to be home. Book enhanced with curriculum aligned questions and activities. The April 21 event will take place downstairs in the Words Bookstore event space. Read Counting Thyme by Conklin, Melanie, lexile & reading level: 680, (ISBN: 9780698411739). Publishers Weekly writes, “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.”

To date, Counting Thyme has received glowing trade reviews and endorsements. COUNTING THYME: Chapter One Read Aloud - YouTube Author Melanie Conklin reads the first chapter of Every Missing Piece, with a brief introduction to the story.ABOUT COUNTING. The novel centers on a young girl whose family moves to New York City for her little brother’s cancer treatment, which means she has to leave behind everything she knows and loves, and her struggle to find her place in a time of such family turmoil while experiencing all the ups and downs of sixth grade. Join South Orange resident Melanie Conklin at Words Bookstore in Maplewood on April 21 from 6-8 p.m. for the local launch party for her book Counting Thyme.

Counting Thyme by Melanie Conklin