Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 11/11-11/15

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Prompt: Summarize what you just read
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                  Introduction to Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie/Ending
    
    Since I finished this book I give it a five out five stars. It has an excellent plot and you can vividly understand the story. I recommend it for people who are trying to find a realistic fiction book. This book was a lot better than It's Kind of a Funny Story.  You might be saying that I read fast but to tell you the truth over the four day weekend it gave me chance to read 70 pages a day. I really didn't have anything to do. Drums,Girls, and Dangerous Pie has to do with a thirteen year old boy named Steven who has to with his brother's illness. Steven is a typical ordinary kid and he has a crush on a girl named Renne and he plays in the All-City Jazz band. Actually Steven Alper is very lucky because he's the first seventh grader to join the All-City jazz band. He has very hard working, supportive, and kind parents which always try to embarrass him. Steven also has a five year old brother named Jeffrey which constantly annoys Steven. Later in the book Jeffrey is diagnosed with leukemia and it turns Steven's world upside down. The family starts to have financial problems, and Steven is starting to fail his classes because he has to much to worry about. Steven doesn't really see his mom too much because she has to go with Jeffrey every week to Philadelphia. Jeffrey's specialist is in Philadelphia and later in the book Steven's dad starts to ignore him.

                Summarizing the Story
    If you're wondering dangerous pie is a blend of coffee grounds, raw eggs, smashed shells, coke, uncooked bacon, and three racing cars. Jeffrey mixes these together and calls it his special "dangerous pie". It kind of makes Steven angry because he stirs the items together with his special sticks which were signed by a famous drummer. Steven one day makes oatmeal for his brother Jeffrey and he puts Jeffrey on the top stool in the kitchen. Suddenly Jeffrey falls from the stool and his mom immediately drives him to the hospital. Later that day the family learns that Jeffrey has been diagnosed with leukemia. Steven's best friend is Annette which she has a secret crush on Steven. In the beginning of the book Annette hates Renne Albert because Steven starts to pay more attention to Renne Albert. Since Steven has been missing class because of his all city band rehearsal he starts to fail his most important subjects reading and math. Jeffrey has had to go to the doctor numerous  times and the hospital bills have been causing the family financial problems.
                             
                           End and Summary of Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
     
        Later in the story Annette falls down the stairs and is unable to play her piano solo in the upcoming concert. Mrs. Gulley the school counselor has been guiding Steven throughout the story by telling him to change things he his able to change. Steven's mom suddenly gets sick which means that Steven and has dad have to drive Jeffrey to Philadelphia. In the hospital Steven meets a girl named Samantha which has and even worse case of leukemia. They became very good friends and Steven gives Samantha one of his drum sticks. In the next band rehearsal Annette comes up with a plan to make the concert a fundraiser and all of the money will go to Steven's family. It's the day of the concert and everyone is cheering to Steven. Suddenly Jeffrey gets very sick in the middle of the concert and has to go immediately to the hospital. Steven decides to go with his family to the hospital. In the hospital while the doctors are doing some tests on Jeffrey, Steven decides to go visit Samantha. When Samantha isn't there he goes up to ask the nurse where Samantha went. The nurse tells Steven that Samantha passed away early in the morning. Before dying Samantha leaves Steven a letter and inside the letter are the drumsticks that he gave to her. Samantha tells Steven in the letter to always remember her when he's using those drumsticks. The story ends with Steven graduating 8th Grade and Annette becoming his girlfriend.

These drumsticks play an important role in the story. Jeffrey uses these drumsticks to mix up his "dangerous pie". These drumsticks helped Steven make it to the All-City Jazz band and he has a pair of drumsticks signed by a famous drummer. When Samantha dies she includes the drumsticks that Steven gave her the day they met inside the letter. Steven mentions that the drumsticks he gave to Samantha will always be his most special pair of sticks.
 

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