Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie

from ewyatt

Steven "Peasant, Pez" Alper starts out the story looking back at his eighth grade year. In his first journal entry in English class he writes about the thing that annoys him most, his little brother Jeffrey. It turns out that Jeffrey is diagnosed with ALL, a form of leukemia. Steven and the rest ...

from sgrame

Steven has a pretty normal 8th grade life... he loves to play drums and is very interested in the beautiful girl in his neighborhood named Renee and "just friends" with a pianist in his band (Annette) who likes him. His life turns upside down though, when his little 5-year old brother Jeffrey is ...

from cvyork

This book is about a middle schooler, Steven Alper, who has to deal with everyday life, school, family, friends, and drums, after finding the diagnosis of cancer that his much younger brother has. It was pretty good. I think I would need to read more young adult chapter books to compare it to. I ...

from slmcspad

This is a story about a regular teenage boy dealing with regular teenage dramas. He is a stellar drummer who drools over the most popular girl in school and his main goal is to avoid embarrassment from his six-year-old brother. However, everything changes when the little brother suddenly has a no...

from dordahsa

This is one of the most fantastic books I have read that depicts the struggles of a family that attempts to deal with a young son's cancer. While the title alone is enough to provide the "grabbability" that readers want, the main character Steven gives a gripping narration that will simultaniousl...