Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan SonnenblickMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Drum, Girls & Dangerous Pie is a book aimed at children and young teenagers, and was the 2004 debut novel from author Jordan Sonnenblick, originally published by DayBlue Insights and later by Scholastic. Publishers Weekly described it as "insightful".
Sonnenblick, an English teacher and former student of author Frank McCourt, was inspired to write the novel by the real-life story of one of his own students.
The Drums are what Steven plays in the marching band group in school and are the only thing that makes him feel good.
The Girls are Renee Albert, the hot cheerleader and Annette Watson, a pianist his younger brother Jeffrey.
Dangerous Pie is using a deep pot and Steven’s special autographed drumsticks to stir the batter.
Steven is a typical 13 years old boy. His younger brother is a little terror, he hates math, and he has a crush on the hottest girl in school.
The protagonist Steven, a talented drummer, narrates the story during the month of September, discussing in the novel the previous ten months about his struggles of his little brother's cancer. In the beginning of the novel, Steven's brother Jeffrey has been acting strangely. Finally, Steven finds out that Jeffrey has cancer.
Everyone at his school starts to notice him because his brother is sick. Towards the end of the story, Steven leaves his big fundraiser concert to go to the hospital with Jeffrey. It turns out he had an ear infection and Steven missed his performance for that. Later, Steven asks about Sam, a friend he met at the hospital who also has cancer, and finds out she had died and her sister never came to her. The story ends with Steven's eighth grade graduation.
Steven Alper- Steven is the protagonist, a drummer and an eighth grader. Steven has a sense of humor and is highly annoyed by his little brother at the beginning of the story. He feels he is neglected at most parts, he is in love with Renee Albert as well as a friendship with Annette. Steven is a really good student and has a normal life but when his little brother Jeffery is diagnosed with cancer everything changes.
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