Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
Binding: Paperback
Imprint: Walker Books
Age 12+
Personal & Social Issues: Family Issues
An uplifting story of friendship, unity and hope that highlights the important and topical issues surrounding young carers and young refugees.
Fourteen-year-old Stevie lives in Lewes with her beloved vinyl collection, her mum ... and her mum's depression. When Stevie's mum's disability benefits are cut, Stevie and her mother are plunged into a life of poverty. But irrepressible Stevie is determined not to be beaten and she takes inspiration from the lyrics of her father's 1980s record collection and dreams of a life as a musician. Then she meets Hafiz, a talented footballer and a Syrian refugee. Hafiz's parents gave their life savings to buy Hafiz a safe passage to Europe; his journey has been anything but easy. Then he meets Stevie...
As Stevie and Hafiz's friendship grows, they encourage each other to believe in themselves and follow their dreams.
Creators
Siobhan Curham is an award-winning author and was the editorial consultant on Zoe Sugg's (Zoella's) first book,Girl Online, as well as the author of two previous books for Walker: The Moonlight Dreamers and Tell It to the Moon. Siobhan is also a motivational speaker and life coach. Her other books, for young adults, include Dear Dylan, True Face and Shipwrecked, and she has written for many newspapers, magazines and websites, including The Guardian, Cosmopolitan and Take a Break. Siobhan has been a guest on various radio and TV shows, including Woman's Hour, BBC News, GMTV and BBC Breakfast. She lives in Lewes, East Sussex.
Reviews
This is a thoughtful and utterly beautiful story of friendship that is literally begging for a sequel (or even better, a prequel). I give Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow five bookbolts out of five.
Children's Books Daily
Overall it was such a beautiful idea and the story was quiet good but I needed more from this book. It could be that I have high expectations for contemporise? Though if friendship contemporaries are your thing I would recommend giving this a read, the writing was beautiful after all.
Blue Fairy Tales
