Let me ask you something; How would you feel if a family member had any type of cancer? The family member is very close to you. How do you think a 14 year old would feel? This is one of the questions they ask in DRUMS, GIRLS+DANGEROUS PIE, by Jordan Sonnenblick. The protagonist is Steven Alper. Imagine everyday thinking, will your little brother die today? That’s what Steven Alper feels everyday. He wants his brother to get better, because he knows his life will change forever. Steven is a funny person who can be very scared for his brother. He always wants what's best for his brother. He is caring towards his brother and family, not to mention Samantha. He can be very frustrated with his brother for messing around or breaking his things or how he cannot change much but, he really is a strong person.
Steven Alper freaks out almost every day from fear, which shows just worried he is.
When Steven is at school, he is scared that something is wrong. All day at school he is telling himself Jeffrey will be fine. After school one day Steven came home and he was helping Jeffrey get ready for bed,
“I was standing there my head reeling. My brother was really sick, so sick that they had to stick needles in him and take out the marrow …show more content…
He wanted to see her because he had given her his favorite practice drum sticks and was excited to give her a drumming lesson after promising her to, the last time he had seen her. When he got there, Samantha wasn’t there; (Pg. 266). “But when I got to her (Sam) it was empty and the bed was stripped. The next few minutes were a blur. I grabbed the little cord that calls the nurse and buzzed and buzzed nonstop until a lady came charging.”. He is scared that something had happened to Sam. He wanted to make sure. He did not want her to be dead. He wants her to be home and fine, instead of the reality he is
Steven Alper freaks out almost every day from fear, which shows just worried he is.
When Steven is at school, he is scared that something is wrong. All day at school he is telling himself Jeffrey will be fine. After school one day Steven came home and he was helping Jeffrey get ready for bed,
“I was standing there my head reeling. My brother was really sick, so sick that they had to stick needles in him and take out the marrow …show more content…
He wanted to see her because he had given her his favorite practice drum sticks and was excited to give her a drumming lesson after promising her to, the last time he had seen her. When he got there, Samantha wasn’t there; (Pg. 266). “But when I got to her (Sam) it was empty and the bed was stripped. The next few minutes were a blur. I grabbed the little cord that calls the nurse and buzzed and buzzed nonstop until a lady came charging.”. He is scared that something had happened to Sam. He wanted to make sure. He did not want her to be dead. He wants her to be home and fine, instead of the reality he is