I think that the most important event is when Steven found out that Jeffrey had leukemia. I think it is important because without this ever happening in the book, and then Steven wouldn't be nicer or treat him better. Also Renee would have never become Steven’s friend and he would have let Renee in to his house to study when she had a cold. Then the concert would have never even raised money for Jeffrey and Steven would have never met Samantha. So pretty much the entire book would have never existed. Or the whole book would have just been him living life.

I think the most important is when Samantha said Stay with your brother, Steven. Stay with him no matter what. Do you promise? This is a important because Steven followed this. When Jeffrey got a fever at his concert, he wanted him to go to the hospital with him. He thought about it for a second, remembered the words she said, and went to the hospital with him. He also gave her his drum sticks, and she used them to practice. When she died, he got them back and said he has new "special sticks." She said she wanted him to remember her when he used them.

Blog Post #5

The most important is....when Samantha passed and wrote a note saying every time you use these pair of sticks think of me; then Steven said that he will call them his 2nd pair of special sticks. This is important because if he wanted to give her some lessons over drums but never got to, and now since she is deceased he now can think of her every time he plays on the drums with those special pair of sticks.

"Samantha had returned my Pro-Mark 5A's with a note, "Thank you for the company, and for the loan. Please think of me when you use these, ok? Love, Sam." Oh God. Now I will always have two pairs of Special Sticks."

This is important because Samantha and Steven were starting to become friends. The fact that he had called his drumsticks, special, shows that he liked her a little more than as a friend.

Blog Post 4

Steven was living a normal life, but his brother, Jeffrey, was diagnosed with cancer. This changed everything in Stevens' life. Steven didn't do good in school anymore because he was always thinking of Jeffrey. Once word got out about Stevens little brother, everyone knew him and talked to him, trying to make him feel better. They even made a concert into a charity project to raise money for Jeffrey so he could get better treatment. At the end of it, they raised 21,000 dollars to help Jeffery.

Steven was having a normal life, playing the drums and doing school work. Until the day Stevens little brother got cancer. He stopped doing his work at school and gets bad grades. His mom has to go to Philadelphia and Steven has to stay home with his dad, who doesn't talk to him. Renee found out about Jeffreys cancer and told a teacher, and they confronted him.

Blog Post #4

In the beginning, Steven and his family found out that his brother,Jeffrey, had leukemia. Steven's mom and Jeffrey went to Philadelphia for Jeffrey to get bad treatments. Once they officially found out about Jeff's cancer, Steven stopped caring about school and got bad grades. When Renee' found out about Jeff and his cancer she told Miss Palma who then told all of Steven's teachers. When the teachers found out about Steven and all about what was going on they confronted him about it.