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After Ever After Hardcover – February 1, 2010

by Jordan Sonnenblick (Author)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 851 ratings
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Jeffrey isn't a little boy with cancer anymore. He's a teen who's in remission, but life still feels fragile. The aftereffects of treatment have left Jeffrey with an inability to be a great student or to walk without limping. His parents still worry about him. His older brother, Steven, lost it and took off to Africa to be in a drumming circle and "find himself." Jeffrey has a little soul searching to do, too, which begins with his escalating anger at Steven, an old friend who is keeping something secret, and a girl who is way out of his league but who thinks he's cute.
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    12 years and up
  2. Book 2 of 2
    Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
  3. Print length
    272 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    7 - 9
  6. Lexile measure
    820L
  7. Dimensions
    5.75 x 1 x 8.5 inches
  8. Publisher
    Scholastic Press
  9. Publication date
    February 1, 2010
  10. ISBN-10
    0439837065
  11. ISBN-13
    978-0439837064
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Starred Review. Grade 6–9—Sonnenblick's Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie (Turning Tide, 2004) told the story of eighth-grader Steven Alper and his struggle to deal with his four-year-old brother's leukemia diagnosis amid the normal drama of being a teen. This sequel is told from Jeffrey's point of view. Now Jeff is in eighth grade and just as he's getting his first girlfriend, wondering why his best friend and fellow cancer survivor is acting so weird, and trying to cope with some post-cancer disabilities, Steven, his rock, has dropped out of college and gone to join a drumming circle—in Africa! In a year of emotional and physical challenges, heartache, humor, and love, Jeffrey learns to depend on himself and live life to the fullest. Sonnenblick's intimate first-person tale of survival is a solid stand-alone novel that will leave an emotional, uplifting imprint on readers.—Terri Clark, Smoky Hill Library, Centennial, CO
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*Starred Review* Sonnenblick’s Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie (2005) told the story of eighth-grader Steven Alper, whose five-year-old brother, Jeffrey, is diagnosed with leukemia. Here, Jeffrey is in the eighth grade himself and takes the limelight. His cancer has gone into remission, but that’s not the end of it. “Treatment is nothing compared to what happens after you’ve been ‘cured.’ . . . Being a cancer survivor can be a life sentence all its own.” Jeffrey, as well as his best friend, fellow survivor, and devilishly dark humorist, Tad, have all kinds of brain and nerve damage from the intense chemotherapy and radiation, leaving Tad in a wheelchair and Jeffrey with serious concentration problems. But he mostly sweats the smaller stuff: fear of being held back a grade if he fails an impending standardized test; a brother who seems to have abandoned him at the worst possible time; strife at home that he sees as his fault; and, most terrifying, a cute girl who actually likes him. Switching gears back and forth between huge, heavy issues and universal adolescent concerns, Sonnenblick imbues Jeffrey with a smooth, likable, and unaffected voice. Most of all, he recognizes that humor and heart aren’t ways to lighten a story—they’re there to deliver it. As hilarious as it is tragic, and as honest as it is hopeful, don’t confuse this book with inspirational reading. It’s irresistible reading. Grades 5-8. --Ian Chipman

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scholastic Press; 1st edition (February 1, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0439837065
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0439837064
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 years and up
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 820L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Here's my bio from the paperback version of _Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie_:

"Jordan Sonnenblick attended amazing schools in New York City. Then he went to an incredible Ivy League university and studied very, very hard there. However, due to his careful and well-planned course selection strategies, he emerged in 1991 with a fancy-looking diploma and a breathtaking lack of real-world skills or employability.

Thank goodness for Teach for America, a program which takes new college graduates, puts them through 'teacher boot camp', and places them in teaching positions at schools in teacher shortage areas around the country. Through TFA, Mr. Sonnenblick found his place in the grown-up world, teaching adolescents about the wonders and joys, the truth and beauty, of literature.

Mr. Sonnenblick always wanted to be a writer, too, so one day in 2003 he started in on the book that became Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie. This book was inspired by several aspects of the author's real life: like Steven, the main character in the novel, he really plays the drums, he really went through an incredibly awkward year when he was 13, and he really was completely spastic around girls until right around his 21st birthday. The made-up parts of the book are all reflections of the author's basic philosophy, which is that the world is a tough place, so you'd better be kind and laugh a lot.

Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie was published by Scholastic Press in 2005 to great acclaim, and was named to several Best of 2005 lists, including the ALA's Teens' Top Ten.

In October 2006, Scholastic will release Mr. Sonnenblick's second novel, Notes from the Midnight Driver, which is about drunk driving, lawn gnomes, divorced parents, a unique old man, and a beautiful girl with deadly hobbies.

Mr. Sonnenblick lives in Bethlehem, PA with the most supportive wife and lovable children he could ever imagine. Plus a lot of drums and guitars in the basement."

I think that pretty much sums it up.

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pioneerjourney
5.0 out of 5 stars Novel sequel just as good as the first.
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2011
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This is a follow up to Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pies, which I had not read (but did after I finished After Ever After). It is not necessary to read the first book to understand any of the references in AEA; the author provides sufficient background information.

Jeffrey is in remission from his cancer, and in 8th grade is now navigating the world of middle school -- juggling the emotions of having a girlfriend who is truly interested in him as a person, an ascerbic best friend who is also a cancer survivor, and his family, particulary an older brother, whom he feels has deserted him to find himself in Africa with a drumming group. On top of all of that, Jeffrey still deals with the long-term effects of the powerful drugs that were part of his cancer treatment.

When I first read the back cover, I thought, "How depressing?" But the book is a blend of humor, sadness, and examples of deep, true friendship. From this I learned the true meaning of beau geste. The characters are believable, and the family dynamics reflect what I imagine it must be like to function on a day-to-day basis with a serious ill child.

I teach middle school, and we are using this book as our One Book, One School novel for this year. I think the students, many who did read Drums, Girls, and Dangerious (both boys and girls) will enjoy this as well
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Christal K
5.0 out of 5 stars After Ever After
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After Ever After is very good book about the boy that had cancer and his life. I think this books theme is don't give up before you try. This book is about Jeffery, Linsey and Tad.

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Jeff and Tad are the best friend they had cancer and they both survived they don't have a good body like other kids and tad rides wheelchair. Lindsey loves to New Jersy and comes to their school Jeff falls in love with Lindsey right away. Lindsey thinks Jeff is cute and they become good friends Tad tries to get Lindsey and Jeff to be a girl friend and boy friend. Jeff likes to ride a bike but, Tad cannot even walk well and Jeff sucks at math before he had cancer he had all of the facts in his head and then after he went through cancer he sucked at math. They make promise that if Jeff passes the state taste that leads them to high school Tad will walk on the stage at graduation. Tad starts coming to Jeff's house to tutor him meanwhile Jeff and Lindsey gets closer and three of the become best buddy. Then Lindsey became Jeffs girlfriend then Tad tells Jeff that he is going to the hospital at graduation day and Jeff gets mad and yells at Tad. Few days later Jeff got a fever and went to the hospital when he comes back he feels like something that he doesn't know is happening. At the test day, everyone starts looking at him and Tad when the test starts Tad starts walking out of test room and every 8th grader does the same thing. After the event Jeff finds out that Tad asked every kid to get up and get out of the test room. Jeff plans to make a bikathon for Tad and plans that he will run 50 miles. Tad sends an ipod that has sad songs and then he writes a letter that give the best you got for my cancer treatment. After he runs 50 miles he sees his mom at finish line and see her crying.
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Laura
5.0 out of 5 stars Humorous book about a tough topic
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2010
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Jordan Sonnenblick tackles tough issues with grace and humor. In After Ever After, readers pick up on Jeffrey's story as he is now in 8th grade. While Jeffrey is now in remission, he must deal with the aftermath of years of chemotherapy and surgeries. He struggles with physical and mental disabilities as a result of his cancer. Yet, he is like every other 8th grade boy who struggles with his family issues, bad math grades (and a standardized test he has to pass), and a crush on a hot girl. While Jeffrey's storyline is a tough topic, Sonnenblick balances it out with Tad, whose rough exterior provides sarcastic comic relief to a serious topic. Both Jeffrey and Tad must decide to overcome the obstacles cancer brought their way and begin to really live.
A twist at the end provides the readers a glimpse of the harsh reality of cancer along with the hope that exists for a better life.

As always, Jordan Sonnenblick wrote an amazing book that allows readers to laugh while discussing tough issues such as cancer, social acceptance, learning disabilities, and even standardized testing.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Touching Funny Memorable
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2013
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I think Jordan Sonnenblick is becoming my Go-To author for reluctant readers. I wasn't sure he could follow up Drums Girls and Dangerous Pie with anything even close to as poignant, funny and realistic as Drums G.and D.P., but I think I might like After Ever After more. It is funnier, sadder and has an equally realistic adolescent male voice. A sort-of sequel, in After Ever After Jeffrey is 14, cancer free, and in danger of failing eighth grade. Steven has gone off to Africa to study drumming and find himself, so Jeffrey has lost his best friend, mentor and adviser. Instead Jeffrey turns to two classmates - Tad, another cancer survivor, albeit it an angry, sarcastic and wise one, and Lindsay, the beautiful new girl in school. Sonnenblick so beautifully writes in the voice of young teens striving to make their way through the swamp of adolescence, I can't imagine any 12-14 year old not loving his books. I have an Asperger's student who's refused since second grade to read fiction, but he finished both Drums and After Ever After in less than two weeks and is now determined to read all of Sonnenblick's novels. I am too.
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Melissa Sinclair
5.0 out of 5 stars My class loved this book
Reviewed in Canada on December 17, 2018
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Another great book by Jordan Sonnenblick
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