Drums Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
October 16, 2006 — Mary Childs
Jordan Sonnenblick may be my new favorite author. He can have you laughing and then all tear-y, all on the same page!
The first book I read by him was Notes from the Midnight Driver, and at my first booktalks this fall, I said it was the best book I read this summer.
And now I’ve read Drums Girls & Dangerous Pie, and it’s another winner. Steven is 13, super-talented on the drums, has parents who sometimes embarrass him, and a younger brother, Jeffrey, who adores him.
And then Jeffrey gets sick, really sick with leukemia, and Steven’s whole world changes. Steven tries not to tell his friends or any people at school but his behavior starts to give him away. His mom is away in another city at the hospital with his brother for tests and treatments, and his dad is home with Steven–but too caught up in his own sadness to help Steven figure out how to cope with everything.
Yes, it’s a sad story but it’s also written with such a great sense of humor. So give Dangerous Pie a try, and then follow it up with Midnight Driver.
