Shattered

I read the book Shattered by Paul Langan. Two more books he has written are A Matter of Trust and Blood is Thicker, these few books are part of the series he has written. This book and series is about young teenage kids who have family problems and either are in a gang or have troubles living life and go through many tough times in school and at home. As you go through this book you will see that being a teenage kid is difficult and you may not see it but the people you go to school with may have family problems and pretend like everything is fine.

               

In Shattered, a young girl named Darcy is having family problems at home and her ex-boyfriend Hakeem lives in a different state and she misses him a lot. Darcy is trying to stop her family from fighting every day and just become a happy family again like when her and her sister were young girls and would be happy all the time. Darcy is trying to keep her little sister away from all the fast boys and away from trouble and especially away from the streets. When Darcy finds out Hakeem is coming back in town she is happy and so is Hakeem. Darcy decides if she should tell Hakeem about her hanging out with another guy or if she shouldn’t tell him. How would Hakeem react if she tells him will he hate me forever or not care at all? Is Hakeem even excited to see me again?

               

I think this book was amazing and I loved it! There were a lot of hard obstacles that Darcy had to face and had a lot of trouble keeping her family together and dealing with Hakeem coming back to town. I think people should read this book because it grabs your attention really quick and it’s very interesting. If you love books that have drama scenes in it or romantic scenes in it then I suggest you to read this book along with the other Bluford High books but make sure you read the books in order so it makes sense. The book also makes you question yourself what will happen next and read the other books of this series. This book also tells you what goes on in the lives of these teenagers and what all happens and why they struggle so much in life. Paul Langan is a wonderful writer and I would be excited to read another one of his books. 

Book Review by Kalessa T.