Praise for The Day After Tomorrow
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Reviews by Best-Selling Authors:
"This book is a wonderfully uplifting and inspiring book for teenagers! It can make you laugh, cry and teaches vital lessons about teenage life through the eyes of Julia Monroe. It is refreshing to read a book like this, that can help our teenagers through tough times, peer pressure, and also provide great tools to deal with these situations and come out stronger and even more loving. By Julia Monroe experiencing the gift of forgiveness, she finds her way to happiness and peace within herself." Debbie Ford, #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author. (www.debbieford.com)
"This book will open your heart and help you receive the gift of forgiveness, understanding and peace of mind. It is a must read for all teenagers." Steven S. Sadleir, best-selling author, meditation guru, and Director / Co-Founder of the Self Awareness Institute. (www.selfawareness.com)
"There is no greater lesson we can learn than the ability to forgive. In this first book of a series, Sandee offers a realistic look into teenage life through the eyes of Julia Monroe. Throughout all of her challenges with family, friends and a boyfriend, Julia learns the greatest lesson of all...Peace through Forgiveness." Barbara DeAngeles, #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author. (www.barbaradeangelis.com)
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Other Reviews
"It turned out to be one of those ‘can’t-go-to-sleep-until-I-finish-this-chapter’ books. One chapter turns into two, which turns into three. Before you know it, it’s a half hour past the time you usually fall asleep and you know there’s no way you’re waking up on time the next day. I know a lot of people who run into this problem a lot. This has never really happened to me. I’m not a big reader and when I do read a book, it takes a long time to finish and becomes more of a chore rather than it being a pleasure to read the book in the first place. This book was an exception.
"After interviewing the author, Sandeee Sgarlata, I became inclined to read the book, The Day After Tomorrow, the first book in the series Julia Monroe. The book follows Julia Monroe, who just entered her freshman year of high school. At first, her life seems pretty good, kind of a typical freshman girl’s life, with fights with her family, and good times with good friends and a boyfriend. But after a series of awful events, including when she thinks her boyfriend loves her and she loves him, he ends up cheating on her. Most people will hold a grudge for years if not forever. Julia Monroe must learn about the power of forgiveness from an old friend: herself!
"The book is pretty short (77 pages) and all preteen/teen girls can understand it. Teenaged girls will relate to Julia Monroe and moms will appreciate the message in this book. Sandee finds a way to teach teenaged girls abut forgiveness -- and moms, you will love this. The Day After Tomorrow is a fun book aimed at teen girls who are struggling through their middle/high school lives. It provides hope and teaches them to be happy and to forgive others in tough times." Maddy Pumilia, Age 17, contributing author for www.blogcritics.com. http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-the-day-after-tomorrow/
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"Julia learns an important lesson that accepting people for who and what they are is what is important-not condemning them because they are not who you think they should be, or do or say what you think they should. This is something that everyone should remember.
" The Day After Tomorrow should be in every classroom - even starting in Junior High. The pressures that young people go through at a heart-breakingly young age is truly frightening. I honestly feel that to incorporate the book into the school curriculum would be a step in a very positive direction. On the flip side, I also feel that adults can learn a lot from this book also. It is too easy to get caught up in the hubbub and stress of day to day life, The Day After Tomorrow sits things back into their right perspective and would benefit each and every person.
"Ms. Sgarlata offers girls a way out, an antidote to their society’s demands. Julia learns that forgiveness is important, especially towards herself, that she does not have to feel misunderstood and that acceptance and appreciation of who she is are the tools designed to help her in the confusing world of adolescence...I think that The Day After Tomorrow is a good and important book for girls to get acquainted with and Ms. Sgarlata should be applauded for giving them the option of reading something other than books perpetuating the unreal image of a perfect Barbie doll." Lilly, Reading Extravaganza. (www.lilly-readingextravaganza.blogspot.com)
"I have just finished reading this book by Sandee Sgarlata, and am deeply touched by the openness of her account of personal hurt and recovery, and the overall optimism inherent in her strength of character and purpose. The book will certainly be read by the many young girls who continue to face similar situations, and who will hopefully absorb the lessons that will let them erase their diffidence and face their future with confidence. The same may be equally true of young boys, who do not always understand the consequences of their aggressive postures, and who frequently leave lasting scars on their unfortunate victims. It would be good to see the author continue her work with other books on these types of themes." Ambassador Ahmad Kamal, Senior Fellow, United Nations Institute of Training and Research.
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