num_pages: 4
description: An award-winning debut novel about a teenage boy's humorous but heartbreaking family crisis.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. Salted with humor and peppered with devastating realities, DRUMS, GIRLS, AND DANGEROUS PIE is a heartwarming journey through a year in the life of a family in crisis.
language: English
title: Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
titlecomplete: Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, School, Teen, Music, Fiction, Humor, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Family
ratings_count: 29056
places: New York (State)
series: Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
awards: awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Grand Canyon Reader Award
category: Tween Book, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award
category: Grades 6-8, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Preis der Jugendjury, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Scholastic Audio Books