Drums,+Girls,+&amp;+Dangerous+Pie

(Meeting: Septmber 22, 2007. Warning: We may make and eat some kind of 'dangerous pie'.)

//**__Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie__**// **by Jordan Sonnenblick**
Thirteen-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, Steven's world is turned upside down. He is forced to deal with his brother's illness and his parents' attempts to keep the family in one piece.


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