Like when they described Val as furry head in a superman costume. The characters are a 4 because I can really see the characters. For example when she wanted to go home because she wanted to be with Shani. For the setting I gave it a 4 because the book was about a girl in New York trying to get out. In total of the rubric rating I gave it a 24. You don’t know if he is going to survive or not. For example, when Val went to the hospital because he was sick. You don’t know what is going to happen next. I gave this book a 4 star rating because the book was very interesting with the cancer, friends, and boyfriends. I think this book is above average.Ĭounting Thyme is a about a girl who moves to New York for her little brother who needs to get special treatment for cancer. I took one away in both Plot Language and Interest because of the way the book ended. I gave this book 22 out of 24 on the rubric and 4 stars because this book wasn’t perfect, but it was close. You can easily discuss the characters and their actions and you can always imagine them as your friends. The characters in this book will always be remembered. The characters are lifelike and memorable with Val and his cancer, Thyme and her friend Shani, and Cori and the teenage problems. The setting added a little more fear into the story. For example, whenever Val is in the hospital, Thyme, her family, and the readers were scared that Val would die. The setting was needed to convey the mood of every character in the story. The setting is essential to the story whether it was the apartment, or the school, or the hospital.

But from the reader’s perspective the author made a wonderful story. However, the author must have lacked the same interest the reader’s had because the ending was not so great. This book has a high interest level and people will enjoy reading it.

The ideas of the book flow together to create a thrilling masterpiece. The book is written in a fashion that is easy to read. However, Counting Thyme’s organization is clean, impressive, and easy to understand. The book ends as a cliff hanger not entirely telling us if Val (the main characters brother will be okay.)

Counting Thyme by Melanie Conklin