The Long Wait for Tomorrow

by Joaquin Dorfman

Book Overview

This novel pushes the envelope of literary fiction. It examines identity, high school roles, and even the high-blown concept of destiny through a science-fiction lens. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375846948
• ISBN13: 9780375846946
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

A Poignant Coming-of-Age Novel With A Sci-Fi Twist

Patrick Saint and Kelly McDermott make a strange pair - while Kelly is a star football player, arrogant and popular, Patrick is his quieter sidekick of a best friend. Constantly second-fiddle to Kelly's cocky sense of self-entitlement, Patrick lives his life on the sidelines, but is more than happy to go along with Kelly's usual shenanigans--including the brutal bullying of a science geek who sees something he shouldn't have. So, when Kelly wakes up the next morning and has transformed into an eloquent and sympathetic, not to mention cigarette smoking, pool shark that cannot remember his football team's plays overnight, Patrick is flabbergasted. Kelly tells Patrick that he's from twenty years in the future, granted one opportunity to right a terrible wrong. //The Long Wait for Tomorrow// is a coming-of-age high school novel with a science fiction bend, tackling the age old struggle between fate and free will. Joaquin Dorfman crafts a poignant tale about friendships and second chances with this heartbreaking novel, written in raw, powerful prose. Recommended especially for mature teens and older readers. Reviewed by Thea James

An engrossing story

Joaquin Dorfman's THE LONG WAIT FOR TOMORROW tells of a car crash that brings together the only two survivors: football star Kelly and Patrick. When the two terrorize the school science nerd, the unexpected happens in a change of personality and a visit from the future in this engrossing story.

Well worth the wait! Keep them coming, Dorfman!

I've been waiting for the publication of Mr. Dorfman's newest novel and it was well worth the wait. Each of his works has been better than the last. I enjoyed both Burning City and Playing it Cool, in which novels he displays a keen sense of the adolescent mind and experience couched in interesting and unique stories. Both are very much in the realm of "coming of age" novels, and so too is The Long Wait for Tomorrow - with a fascinating twist. Dorfman's incisive view of human nature is present, coupled with a thought-provoking examination of time and destiny - in the form of time travel. He makes the premise believable...and desirable. His is a three-pronged hook from which the reader does not want to escape. First, the action captivates the reader from page one and never lets go. So too the characters draw the reader in from page one, keeping us turning the pages, heart pounding, until the very last one. The idea of time travel and how it is presented by Mr. Dorfman seals the pact with the reader. I couldn't put the novel down and didn't want it to end. Kudos to Mr. Dorfman and I am back to waiting for the next incarnation of his vivid imagination.