num_pages: 192
description: The life of eighth-grader Steven Alper, already complicated by his friendship with two girls and a prodigious talent for drumming, is turned upside down when his five-year-old brother Jeffrey is diagnosed with leukemia.
language: English
title: Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
titlecomplete: Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
genres: Fiction, Family, Music, Teen, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Humor, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary
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: DayBue Publishing