Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonneblick is about a 13 year old boy named Steven that has a 5 year old brother named Jeffrey who is diagnosed with leukemia. As Jeffrey's sickness kept getting worse, the more Steven realized how much he realized how much he loves his brother and couldn't live without him. He realizes that there's more things to life than drums, girls and dangerous pie.
In the beginning of the story Steven says, "Having a brother is horrible... having my particular brother , Jeffrey is an relenting nightmare." Steven is saying that Jeffrey is annoying and preventing him from doing certain things. Steven also says, "He may not play the drums, he may not pretend the symbols are shields and he is a knight." Steven does not let Jeffrey go anywhere near his drums. Its like Steven cares about the drums more than Jeffrey. Towards the end of the book, Steven invites renne Albert, the hottest girl in school, to his house to tutor him in math. When he opens the door to let her in she tells him that she has a cold. Steven slams the door and refuses to let her in. He can't risk Jeffrey getting any more sick than he already is.
In conclusion, this message relates to many teenagers in the real world. Many teenagers having younger siblings hat annoy them and can't do certain things because of them. But that doesn't mean you stop loving them. It's their Job to annoy the old sibling. That's what little siblings do. Family is family, no matter what.
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