Drums girls and dangerous pie essay

             In the book Drums Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick, she writes a story about an 8th grade boy named Steven and about his daily challenges with middle school plus on top of that his younger brother Jeffery is battling through cancer. Throughout the story Steven starts to mature, he shows this through the personal sacrifices he willingly makes.
              Steven matured throughout the book and we can see this through the sacrifices he makes. One sacrifice he made was when he shaved his head "so jeffery wouldn't be alone", steven said. In this moment he was starting to care about his brother and become a lot more selfless. He was finally starting to put himself in other peoples shoes and show maturity.
               Another sacrifice Steven made that shows his maturity is when he kicked Renee Albert, the girl he had a crush on since 3rd grade out of his house. This shows maturity because he did this for someone else besides himself, and because he knew it was the right decision. She was sick and his little brother Jeffery couldn't be near people that were sick because of his cancer.
                The next sacrifice he made I believe showed the biggest change because he talked to his teacher and was willingly going to give his drum lessons, which is something he truly loves, just to help his family with the hospital bills. This not only shows maturity because of his actions, but also for the fact that he was able to understand how money was a problem and instead of just asking for more still, he was willing to give up something.
                Steven has matured through the personal sacrifices he made. He struggled with the nightmare of having a sibling with cancer and on top of that he also has to deal with the struggle of everyday life. Even though not all of us have something to deal with, like a sibling with cancer, we all have the little things that we DO have to deal with and even though most of the time things don't go your way stop yourself before you start complaining and think, is this real something i should be upset about, because there is people having to deal with worse somewhere.