Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pies

            Our class just finished reading the book Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pies by Jordan Sonnenblick. The book tells a story about a geeky, self-conscious, thirteen year old boy named Steven. Stevens whole life gets turned upside down when he finds out that his little brother, Jeffery, has cancer. Steven has to find a way to deal with the fact that Jeffery is sick and deal with the finishing middle school. Throughout the story Steven matures a lot through the personal sacrifices he makes for the people he loves. 

            Steven matures a lot through the personal sacrifices he makes for the people he loves. One personal sacrifice that Steven makes for the people he loves is when he decides to stop taking drum lessons to try and save his family money. This was a big sacrifice for Steven because drumming is his passion. When ever Steven got upset he would just play, and play, and play his drums. But Steven knew how expensive it was to get the treatment for Jeffery's cancer and saw how much stress it put on his family. This shows how much Steven matured because in the beginning of the book Steven would never give up something he cared about, even for his family.

            Steven matures a lot through the personal sacrifices he makes for the people he loves. Another personal sacrifice that Steven makes for the people he loves is when he leaves his concert to go to the hospital with Jeffery. This is a very mature thing for Steven to do because Steven had been looking forward to this concert for a year. He had this huge part and he was supposed to be the star of the show. But when Jeffery asked Steven to go to the hospital, Steven went. This was a huge sign of maturity because Steven decided to put his brothers wants before his own.

            Steven matures a lot through the personal sacrifices he makes for the people he loves. The last personal sacrifice that Steven makes for the people he loves  is when he tells Renee that she can't come in the house because she has a cold. This a big sign of maturity for Steven because Steven has had a huge crush of Renee for a long time. But when Renee comes and tells Steven she has a little cold, Steven didn't even let her into the house because he knew that Jeffery couldn't get sick because of his cancer. This shows that Steven matured through the personal sacrifices he made because he thought about was was best for his brother and his family, before he thought about himself.
             In conclusion,  Steven not only helped his brother, he changed his-self. Steven thought about other's peoples opinions before his own. He helped people and wasn't worried about how it made him look. This was Steven at the end of the book, these are the examples of how he matured.