1. Shattered
by: Paul Langan

2. Characters and Descriptions:
(main character)Darcy Wills- A 19 year old Junior at Bluford High
School that is having problems in the family,trust and friendship area
Brisana Meeks- An ex-best friend of Darcy that is trying to get Darcy
to open her eyes about her former boyfriend Hakeem
(main character)Tara Carson- Trying not to be in the middle of her two
friends relationship and secrets but eventually get dragged in
because of the secrets
(main character)Cooper- Friend of Tara,Darcy and Hakeem that also
knows Hakeems secret but not Darcys
(main character)Hakeem- Darcys ex-boyfriend that is also keeping a
secret from Darcy
Mattie Wills- Pregnant and struggling to have money for the family to
live off of
John Wills- Left his family for 5 years and now he has came back so
far it has been a year,he started back drinking and is also struggling
to provide for his family with the baby on the way
Jamee Wills- The only one Darcy can come talk to and the only one
who knows how Darcy feels about the family issues
(main character)Brian- Came close to rapping Darcy at the beginning
of the summer

3. Why did Paul Langan name the title
of this book Shattered?
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Paul Langan named the title of this book
Shattered because everyone's life and world is
practically destroyed and messed up because of
all the problems that goes on through out the
whole book.

4. Summary of the book:
Shattered is about a high school junior named Darcy Wills. Darcy is experiencing some
major drama in her life like her grandmother died, her mom is pregnant,her dad came back into
her and her families life after 5 years leaving her mother struggling to pay bills and keep food on
the table for her and her sister Jamee, Hakeem coming back and secrets being kept and untold
to protect peoples feelings and opinions.
At home, her mother and father are fighting over not being able to pay the bills and concern
over a new baby on the way, and Darcy suspects her father has started drinking again. On top o
that, Darcy's former boyfriend, Hakeem, who had moved to Detroit at the start of the summer,
has returned to live with his best friend Coop but is apparently hiding something from Darcy. At
the same time, Darcy is haunted by the fact she was nearly raped and hasn't told anyone about
it. But that was before her dad walked in just in time before Brian tried anything on his couch.
Hakeem is nervous on how Darcy will take his secret of kissing another girl while he was away in
Detroit.
On the first day of Hakeem's arrival Tara,Cooper and Darcy went to Niko's to have pizza
with Hakeem. Darcy noticed almost everything new and old about him like the fact when he is
nerves he doesn't look you in the eyes and he stutters. So automatically Darcy knew something
was wrong with Hakeem and she was gonna find out. When Hakeem and Coop went to get the
order of pizza Darcy asked Tara what was up with Hakeem and Tara simply said “ Ask him
cause' I don't want to be in the middle of you two arguments so leave me out of it” and Darcy jus
brushed it off until next time.

5. At home nothing was different other than the fact that Darcy is finding more and more beer
bottles from her dad. The next morning was the day that Darcy was going to confront Hakeem
about himself. During lunch time Darcy was thinking of a way to approach Hakeem before
Brisana Darcy's old best bud came and told her what she saw. Brisana asked Darcy did she
know Hakeem was back and she had seen him in the mall with another girl. But Darcy only told
her “Why would I believe you cause' you always spreading rumors bout' somebody that ain’t'
true like the one about Tara”. Brisana just said “Okay I see how it is but when you find out the
truth don't come looking for me for that shoulder to cry on cause' I warned you and you being to
stubborn to listen”.Darcy said to her “Oh I won't so don't look forward to it” and walked out the
cafeteria.
After school Darcy stood at the bottom of the school stairs waiting for Hakeem. When
she look up she seen a girl walking up hugging on Hakeem and after that she walked over to
Tara and Coop to see why this girl was hugging on Hakeem. Tara and Coop said ask him but
she didn't she went crazy and thought Hakeem was cheating and Tara was hiding a huge
secret from her but Tara only said “It wasn't my place to tell and he not the only one who has a
secret”. So after that Darcy walked away and didn't talk to her ex-friends for 1 week. Until Tara
gave a note to Darcy that she got from Hakeem that said “Darcy meet me after school at the
park to talk I'll explain everything,I promise, me and that girl had nothing going on”. Darcy read
the message over and over again to decide but eventually it was the end of the day and
Hakeem was waiting for her answer, so she just went to the park to let him explain and share
her own secret.

6. When at the park Hakeem explained everything and Darcy finally felt bad. Now it was her
turn,she told Hakeem and he went nuts!.He left with a “I have to go home I'll catch you later
Darcy”.Darcy knew it was a bad idea but she had to tell him one day and that one day was
today. She told herself that day before leaving the park she will apologize to Tara and Coop but
not now she had to get home. When she got home her mom was on her way to work and she
said to Jamee and her “Your dad will be home in a little,they have left over in the fridge: with
that she left. 15 minutes later she got a phone call and it was Tara explaining to Darcy that
Coop and Hakeem are going after Brian. After that phone call Darcy ran out the house all the
way to Brian's house. By the time she got there they where fighting and she had to break it up
because it was starting to look and get bad. She separated Hakeem from Brian while Coop
watched their backs calmed Hakeem down and left. When she got back home dad still haven't
made it home yet and Jamee got a call from their moms job that she hurt her back. When
getting ready to leave their dad pulled up and Jamee was furious so as Darcy. They asked their
dad where have he been cause their mom needed to get home because of a back injury but he
just said “I’ll tell you as a family”and that he did. When they got back home he told them the bad
news and the good news. The bad news was he started drinking again and the good news was
he was going to therapy for it. Later on that night while Darcy was in her room she heard some
noise outside and looked down to see who it was. It was her dad emptying beer bottles from his
cooler. And Darcy thanked her Grandma all the way from heaven with a saying “Some times
the worst things are blessings in disguise”.After that she went to a slumber sleep.

7. Shattered video link:
watch-v=l0v2dqzGWkE&feature=player_detailpage
-生
活的
Family + love + friendship= A life
人生
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worth living
价值
By:Kaliesha Porter
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8. The End