Shattered (Bluford High Series #12) [Library Binding]

Paul Langan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 15, 2006

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Darcy Wills is desperate. A painful secret is ruining her closest friendships at Bluford High School. And an even deeper lie is tearing her family apart. Unwiling to lose the people she loves, Darcy must confront her past and the truth.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  
• Library Binding: 123 pages
• Publisher: Turtleback (June 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1417784008
• ISBN-13: 978-1417784004
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,596,185 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!! Excellent!!!!, April 2, 2007

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Teens'R'Us Reading Group - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shattered (Bluford Series, Number 12) (Paperback)

We are so excited to have been introduced to the Bluford Series. It is a wonderful series of books about teens in a predominately black school. The books are really short and can be read in three or four days or even sooner.

Shattered is about a girl named Darcy Wills. She dates this guy named Hakeem who has a stuttering problem. Hakeem left Bluford to move to Detroit for a short while and then returned to Bluford. Darcy found out that he had another girlfriend but she didn't mention to him that she had been seeing another boy, who tried to rape her, but her Dad came to her rescue just in time. This is a secret that they kept from each other, but their best friends, Tarah and her boyfriend, Cooper, knows about it but promises to stay out of their boyfriend/girlfriend drama. When Darcy found out that Tarah knew about Hakeem's girlfriend, she became angry with her and felt that she betrayed her so she called off their friendship. Finally, Darcy came clean and told Hakeem about the boy and the near rape and Hakeem and Cooper went over to the boy's house where Hakeem had fought him. If it wasn't for Darcy being there to break it up, the boy could have really been badly hurt.

Meanwhile, Darcy's parents have troubles of their own. Her father is a reformed alcoholic. He had left his wife and Darcy and her sister, Jamee for a younger woman. When that didn't work out, he came back to his family and began drinking again when he got laid off from his job as a salesman for a men's clothing store. Darcy's mother is pregnant again and is having a lot of health problems. She has to end up taking on longer shifts at the hospital in the ER where she works as a nurse. They have a lot of financial woes and Darcy's father feels bad that his wife is working longer hours. When she is rushed to ER herself, the doctor puts her on bed rest for the rest of the pregnancy and it puts the family in even deeper strain. Darcy's dad takes on a job as a taxi-driver and begins to drink again. When Darcy and Jamee finds out, they keep it from their mother. Ultimately, their Dad attends AA and quits drinking again and cleans up his life for himself and his family.

Back at Bluford . . . Darcy and Hakeem are back together again.

This was a very good book. Because the books are short and the stories are good, we read other series in the Bluford High series. They are all excellent and highly, highly, highly recommended. It really depicts what high school is really all about in a black community. The best of the best in teen fiction. Teen novels don't have to have cussing and sex in order to be good and interesting. Guess what? There is no cussing or sex in the Bluford series and it is the best in teen fiction reading!!!

The premise of the story is: Have an open communication with your boyfriend and trust each other. Never jump to conclusions until you hear it from him first. Also, let your parents work out their own problems, but be there for them.

5*****
Teens'R'Us

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bluford High, February 22, 2010

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This review is from: Shattered (Bluford Series, Number 12) (Paperback)

These books are great for everyone, but especially for black teens. Because there are not very many teen books out there that feature story lines with black teens at the fore front.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars {{AmOniZ bOOk ReViEw}}, May 25, 2010

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Shattered (Bluford Series, Number 12) (Paperback)

My name is Amoni. Have you read `'Shattered'' from the Bluford series? That is my favorite book so far. The main characters are Darcy, Cooper, Brian, and Tarah. This book takes place at Scoops the restaurant, school, and many more places. When I describe this book I use the words amazing, exciting, tremendous, tear-filled, sad, and many more. Another book I can compare to this book is "Someone To Love Me." This is from the same series. The reason I like this book so much is because I can make great connections with this book. I would recommend this book to people like you, so go check out "Shattered" from your library, and tell me if my review is true or not. Go on and go get "Shattered." Thank you for reading my review.