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Jordan Sonnenblick’s empowering story, Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, revolves around drumming prodigy, Steven. Steven is an outcast in middle school. He goes with the flow and has a calm life at home. That is the case until his younger brother, Jeffrey, gets diagnosed with cancer. His family life becomes chaotic, he can barely get up out of bed in the morning, and Jeffrey is dying. However, he puts on a straight face at school and spaces out during class. Nobody suspects anything unusual and nobody understands what he's going through. Life's not easy, that's part of the package. But, it's your choice if you want to succeed or not.
It all started like any other day. Steven was making breakfast for Jeffrey before school, and Jeffrey was being his usual annoying self. In that process, Jeffrey managed to fall out of his chair, smack his head on the counter, and get a massive nosebleed. Since the blood kept gushing, he needed to go to the hospital. Once Steven got home from school, he was prepared for anything. The world stopped spinning when his mom said: "Steven, your brother is really sick. He's … really ……show more content… Jeffrey was okay! Unfortunately, Steven wasn’t. When he went to visit his friend Samantha, her room was empty. She didn’t switch rooms or go home; she died. Her sister didn’t show up and she only came at the end. Steven lost it; cancer killed his friend. She did leave something behind, however; something in a long box. “Samantha had returned my Pro-Mark 5 A's with a note: “Thank you for the company, and for the loan. Please think of me when you use these, OK? Love, Sam.” Oh, God. Now I would always have 2 pairs of special sticks.” (page
