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Melanie Conklin

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in Louisiana, The United States

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Children's, Contemporary

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Melanie Conklin is the author of Counting Thyme, Every Missing Piece, and A Perfect Mistake. Melanie grew up in North Carolina and worked as a product designer before she began her writing career. When she’s not writing, Melanie spends her time doodling and dreaming up new ways to be creative. She lives in New Jersey with her family.

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Average rating: 4.27 · 3,702 ratings · 708 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Counting Thyme 4.27 avg rating — 2,786 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Every Missing Piece 4.30 avg rating — 551 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Perfect Mistake 4.19 avg rating — 400 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Perfect Mistake Lib/E by Melanie Conklin (Goodreads Author), Christopher Gebauer (Reading) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	When You Have to Wait by Melanie Conklin (Goodreads Author), Leah Hong (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Melanie answered Emery Hall's question: Are you going to make a sequel? I still have so many questions! I don't have any sequels planned! I like to leave imagining the future up to the reader, but I always envision my characters as happy and thriving as they grow up :)
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Quotes by Melanie Conklin (?)

“When someone tells you that your little brother might die, you're quick to agree to anything.”
― Melanie Conklin

tags: first-lines, middle-grade

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“purple in the dog food”
― Melanie Conklin, Counting Thyme

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“Once people knew about the cancer, I wouldn't be able to stop them from talking about Val every time they saw me. And then I would stop being me, because my time was something I could only buy at home.”
― Melanie Conklin, Counting Thyme

tags: cancer, death, family, life, sick, sickness, time

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What book should we read in June?

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Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk

57 votes 38.5%

Counting Thyme by Melanie Conklin

19 votes 12.8%

Some Kind of Courage by Dan Gemeinhart

15 votes 10.1%

Booked by Kwame Alexander (write-in)

14 votes 9.5%

The Nine Lives of Jacob Tibbs by Cylin Busby

9 votes 6.1%

Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded America by Gail Jarrow

8 votes 5.4%

Wolf Hollow (write-in)

8 votes 5.4%

The Door by the Staircase by Katherine Marsh

6 votes 4.1%

The Wild Robot (write-in)

6 votes 4.1%

counting thyme (write-in)

3 votes 2.0%

Wolf hollow (write-in)

2 votes 1.4%

the nine lives of jacob tibbs (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

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