After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick is the sequel to Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie. In this story, Jeffrey is in 8th grade and his cancer has been in remission for over 5 years. Life for Jeffrey has changed dramatically since his cancer fight. His brother, Steven, has moved to Africa to "take a break", his thinking/processing has been affected by the chemo-therapy drugs (making it hard to focus and work through problems), and he gets his first girlfriend! His best friend, Tad, a wheelchair-bound cancer survivor, begins tutoring Jeffrey in math when they find out that he is in danger of repeating 8th grade due to low standardized test scores. In return, Jeffrey begins working in the gym with Tad, trying to help him get back on his feet so he can walk across the stage at 8th grade graduation. But then, things take a startling turn for the worse...This book was AWESOME!! It is definitely a sequel, but it could also be read as a stand alone novel. I liked it just as much as Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie. This book gives a very realistic view of what it's like to be a kid who has survived cancer, and how the whole experience changes everything.
