From first-time novelist Jordan Sonnenblick a brave and beautiful story that will make readers laugh and break their hearts at the same timeThirteen-year-old Steven has a totally normal life he plays drums in the All-Star Jazz band has a crush on the hottest girl in the school and is constantly annoyed by his five-year-old brother Jeffrey But when Jeffrey is diagnosed with leukemia Stevens world is turned upside down He is forced to deal with his brothers illness and his parents attempts to keep the family in one piece Salted with humor and peppered with devastating realities DRUMS GIRLS AND DANGEROUS PIE is a heart warming journey through a year in the life of a family in crisis
