Curham, Siobhan – The Bell Bookshop

Chasing the stars

Emma — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The second book featuring the new generation of Brighton-based Moonlight Dreamers.

The Moonlight Dreamers have all gone their separate ways for their half term, each returning with a new dream for their future. Jazz has fallen for the handsome singer that’s working with her music producer dad; glamorous Allegra has returned from Spain committed to environmental activism; Portia is on a creative high after her graphic novel idol offers to mentor her own efforts; and Hope ? well, Hope’s dreams are getting darker as her heart condition becomes harder to deal with and her OCD spirals.

When the four of them are together anything seem possible, but sometimes life gets in the way. However, the Dreamers soon discover that true friendship isn’t just about sharing your dreams. It’s about who will help make those dreams come true – and who can stop you from chasing the wrong ones.

Dreaming by starlight

Emma — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Friends make dreams come true
Jazz, short for Jasmine, and her parents have just moved to Brighton from Sydney, so that Jazz’s dad, Mikey, can pursue his career as a music producer. Jazz is finding it difficult to fit into her new school, and her love of surfing seems destined to be quashed for ever. Not only do Brighton’s beaches have stones instead of sand and the water is downright freezing. but there’s not a surfboard in sight. When she meets her older cousin, Amber, at a family dinner in London. Amber senses Jazz’s unhappiness and tells her about the Moonlight Dreamers, a secret society of likeminded friends that she founded years earlier. Amber suggests that Jazz seek out a group of soulmates too and form her own Moonlight Dreamers.

At first Jazz is wary, but then decides to leave postcards for prospective soulmates, just as her cousin had. And so a new group of Moonlight Dreamers is born. Allegra, Hope, Portia and Jazz may be very different but they soon become firm friends who are always there for one another. They listen to each other’s problems and support each other’s hopes – and help them make their dreams come true.

Tell it to the moon

Emma — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

To make a dream come true, tell it to the moon!

Tell It to the Moon continues the story of Moonlight Dreamers Amber, Maali, Sky and Rose, who are not like everyone else and don’t want to be: becoming friends gives them the courage to be themselves. After failing to find her surrogate mother, Amber is left unsure of who she is and what she wants to do; Maali’s spiritual faith is tested when her father becomes ill; Sky, previously home-schooled, struggles to adapt to the pressures of the school system; and after having found the courage to come out, Rose begins to pursue her dream of becoming a patissier. Once again the four girls band together to help one another overcome their individual challenges and fulfill their dreams in this fabulous and heart-warming celebration of friendship.

Moonlight Dreamers

Emma — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000

An unforgettable story of friendship, self-belief and love. Amber, Maali, Sky and Rose are not like everyone else and they don’t want to be. Becoming friends gives them the courage to be themselves.

An inspirational, heart-warming book about four girls trying to find their place in the world. Siobhan Curham celebrates very different but like-minded friends in this captivating novel.

Amber craves excitement and adventure. Instead, she’s being bullied at school for having two dads, and life at home isn’t much better. Inspired by Oscar Wilde, Amber realizes that among the millions of people in London, there must be others who feel the same as she does; other dreamers – moonlight dreamers. After chance encounters with Maali, Sky and Rose, Amber soon recruits the three girls to the Moonlight Dreamers. It’s high time they started pursuing their dreams, and how better than with the support of friends?