A journal prompt with background information that corresponds to the chapter "Starving in Siberia" from Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick. Prompt question deals with an 8th grader's anger at his family problems, including his younger brother's diagnosis of leukemia, his school problems, and his catching the flu. Uses the novel mentioned above for reference, BUT this could easily be used for any similar novel or text that deals with adolescents and their home issues or misplac