He has beaten cancer, though it's left him with nerve damage in one foot and brain damage that makes school, especially math, a real struggle. Apart from a few flashbacks, After Ever After takes place during Jeffrey's eighth grade year. I had high expectations for After Ever After, and it did not disappoint. Steven's voice is believable and consistent and achingly real.' I mean it as a huge compliment when I say that this book feels like it was written by a thirteen year old.

'What do you do if you're a thirteen year old boy (Steven), passionate about the drums, struggling to relate to girls, and then your five year old pesky younger brother Jeffrey is diagnosed with cancer? Answer: you pass through numerous stages of denial and rebellion, before coming to terms with your place in the situation. Here's a snippet from my review of Drums, Girls: Any description of After Ever After includes inevitable spoilers about the end of Drums, Girls. Therefore, I was thrilled to learn that Sonnenblick has a sequel to Drums, Girls coming out in February, and even more thrilled to get my hands on an advance copy.įirst of all, if you haven't read Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, please do NOT read this review. I adored Jordan Sonnenblick's Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, a book that I picked up largely because it had such a great title, and found to be much more than I had expected. Book: After Ever After (sequel to Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie)

Wish You Weren't by Sherrie Petersen