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Drums Girls And Dangerous Pie By American Sonnenblick

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The novel Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick is a story about a typical family in a present day town. Steven, the oldest kid in the family goes through a tough time in his life when his little brother Jeffrey gets leukemia, a type of cancer. Steven’s parents are also affected. The dad starts to not talk to Steven, and his co workers. The mom has to stop working and drive Jeffrey to the hospital often for treatments. Although Steven is going through a tough time in his life, I would consider Steven as a best friend. Steven could be a best friend because he is so thoughtful. In the story when he is sitting and talking with a cancer patient, Samantha, Steven gives her his favorite pair of drum sticks. This is a very thoughtful …show more content…

The conflict is eventually resolved when Jeffrey, Steven’s brother beats the cancer and is cured. Steven was affected greatly by the conflict. His brother got a life threatening disease, causing Steven to stop doing well in school because he couldn't handle the situation. His life changed dramatically in a short time. As a distraction he started playing the drums more and more and was concentrating fully on his music. You can see Steven starts to concentrate on playing drums on page 61, “ My right foot was pounding out accents, my left foot was clicking the hi-hat cymbals on beats “two” and “four,” my right hand was going back forth between the cowbell and a crash symbol, and my left hand was flying from the snare drum to the tom-toms and back. Suddenly, a rare and amazing thing happened to me: I was in the zone.” This part of the text shows that Steven was focusing so much on the drums, that he was playing the drums better than normal. His body was moving to the different parts of the drum, almost by itself, “My body just did everything, perfectly, almost by itself.” Also seen on page 61. The song See You Again by Charlie Puth represents the conflict really well. During the song when it says “When I see you again” thats very relatable to the story when Steven often wonders when his brother and his mom will come

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