Drums, Girls,and Dangerous Pie

Blog Post January 23rd 2014

Ayman Jabr 707

In the story Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by: Jordan Sonnenblick it talks about a 13 year old boy named Steven who is dealing with a lot of problems. He has a little brother named Jeffrey who he finds out has cancer and has girl trouble because of how he likes this girl named Renee Albert. As Jeffrey’s cancer gets worse, Steven starts realizing how his brother means the world to him.

In the beginning of the story, before Jeffrey had been diagnosed with leukemia Steven never stopped talking about how annoying Jeffrey was. He kept on talking about how he was a nightmare. He got really mad at Jeffrey the time he had used his special drumsticks to make “Dangerous Pie”. He never let Jeffrey near any of his possessions, especially his drums. Once Jeffrey gets diagnosed with leukemia Steven starts feeling really sad, yet relieved it wasn’t his fault. Steven changes a lot in the story. For example, there was a part of the story when Steven had invited Renne Albert to his house to tutor him in math. Steven had been so excited since he had a huge crush on Renne and couldn’t wait to spend time with her. But when she came to his door to help him in math, he found out she was sick and didn’t let her in. He didn’t let her in because of how Jeffrey was really sick and couldn’t handle getting any sicker. This was a huge change in Steven. He put Jeffrey’s needs before his. This shows how Steven had changed from the beginning of the book.

In conclusion, this message relates to everyone with younger siblings. Your younger siblings can annoy you a lot but you still have to love and care for them no matter what is in your way.