her parents have had less time to spend with her and her older sister cori, they've all transitioned to healthier eating habits, and they have readjusted their schedules to revolve around val's appointments and fluctuating energies. When her five-year-old brother val qualifies to be in a cancer drug trial in new york for his neuroblastoma and her entire family moves three thousand miles away for what is supposed to be a three-month period, thyme sees this temporary relocation as just one more necessary consequence of val's illness, which has already caused upheaval to her life and her stability. This is a completely winsome book that perfectly captures the feeling of being an eleven-year-old girl trying to navigate her changing family dynamic and find her own place in the larger world. This is certainly the year of middle grade for me! and i'm learning that there's a lot out there in this formerly-unexplored-by-me section of the publishing world that i genuinely enjoy, despite being such an old, old grouch. All Thyme can do is count the minutes, the hours and the days, and hope time can bring both a miracle for Val and a way back home.įour stars for me-as-reader, five stars for its intended audience. 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. 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 Owen’s little brother, Val, is accepted into a new cancer drug trial, it’s just the second chance that he needs.
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