preview

Jordan Sonnenblick

Decent Essays

Jordan Sonnenblick is a young adult author. Jordan Sonnenblick was born July fourth 1969 in the state of Missouri. He had a love for writing from a young age. Even when he was in elementary school, his favorite subject was English. In high school Jordan had a creative writing teacher that changed his life and always knew he would be an author. After high school, he went on to major in English during college. When Jordan Sonnenblick graduated, he taught 8th grade English for 8 years. In 2002-03 Sonnenblick had a student whose brother had cancer. Naturally the girl was having a rough time, so he wanted to find a book that relates d to her life ,but couldn't find one. So he then wrote his first book, Drums,Girls,& midnight pie, for his student. It then became a major hit and Jordan Sonnenblick continued his career as an author. Jordan Sonnenblick is an author of several books. Sonnenblick wrote a book called Drums,Girls,and Midnight Pie. The book is about the life of a soon to be high school boy and how it gets turned upside down when his younger brother gets diagnosed with cancer. In the end he realizes that all the annoying thing his brother did was out of love. The climax of …show more content…

In Notes From a Midnight Driver there was a huge plot twist. At the end of Sols song the judge said to him “Dad [and] Sol had the strangest expression on his face. ‘Judy.” Sol said. (225 Notes From a Midnight Driver ) This event was a surprise for the reader, Alex, and even Sol. The plot twist connected many pieces and changed the whole novel. In Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie the technique of cliffhangers was used. The chapter ‘Fear,Gum, and Candy’ ended with “ I figured out how to save some money and Annette fell down the stairs.”( 185 Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie) After this chapter it left the reader wondering what that meant and wanting to know more. Both techniques Jordan Sonnenblick used kept the reader

Get Access