They kept my interest from beginning to end and were always realistic. There he attended public schools and later worked a variety of jobsincluding salesperson at a shoe store, attendant at a horse ranch, landscaper at a mental hospital, and a nightshift stockperson in a warehouse. In this book, the main character, tyray, is his high schools biggest bully and that is his only known way to be accepted by his peers. Shattered by paul langan chapter 2 in chapter 2 is about when darcy, heekam, tarah, and cooper eat at nikos which is a pizza place. Shattered bluford series, number 12 by paul langan librarything. When she receives notification that her ex, the love of her life, is coming back from his. Lionel main character in the book i believed was a good kid, well rounded. Minor characters were total stereotypes and many of the plotlines went nowhere, such as. In the book he had to overcome alot of inner issues with himself. This book builds on the characters created in one on one. Yet others, including her parents and her childhood friend, are keeping secrets of their own. Who are the main characters in the book payback by paul langan. At bluford high, his peers taunt him for how he treated them. This is really good this can help me with my book report thank you and please make more god bless you reply.
Unable to escape his reputation or his past, tyray is desperate. Paul langan s book the bully is about a boy who gets picked on in his school and in his neighborhood. Each novel features a teenage protagonist facing difficult. The characters are vivid, and the endings left me in eager anticipation of the next book. Her beloved grandmother died, her mother is pregnant, her father has moved back in promising that he is sober, and. There he attended public school and worked a variety of jobsincluding salesperson at a shoe store, attendant at a horse ranch, landscaper at a mental hospital, and a nightshift stockperson in a warehouse store near atlantic city. His mother was deployed and i believe that was a spiral down fall for him. From the bluford high series comes shattered, a story of high school drama, all kinds of relationships, and the cost of keeping secrets. Darcy was confused why heekam didnt even look at her while they were eating. There he attended public school and worked a variety of jobsincluding salesperson at a shoe store, attendant at a horse ranch, landscaper at a mental hospital, and a nightshift stockperson in a. Books in the bluford series lost and found a matter of trust secrets in the shadows someone to love me the bully.
Darcy wills is starting her junior year at bluford high when. The bluford series is set in bluford high school, the fictional school all the main characters attend. The things you will enjoy about this book are the secrets characters are hiding, the setting of where everything happens, and the problems people try to overcome. Bluford series eight book bundle collection includes. It is a realistic fiction book that i give a rating of five out of five stars and if it were to be produced into a movie, it would be rated pg. Each novel features a teenage protagonist facing difficult challenges in and out of school. Then he moved to southern new jersey with his single mother. Who are the main characters in the book payback by paul.
Darcy wills is starting her junior year at bluford high when her boyfriend hakeem randall is returning from detroit and she is wondering is if she should tell him about when she got harassed by the nineteen year old brian mason. When one of his victims, darrell, decides to stand up to him, the kid flips him and drops him on his wrist breaking it on the spot. When her exboyfriend, hakeem, returns to bluford high, she. Shattered by paul langan book trailer this is a book trailer on the book shattered by paul langan which is a bluford series and sequel of the bluford book summer of. Paul langan began writing with the bluford series after working for townsend press. At home, his parents punish him for the trouble hes caused. What are the characters in the book the fallen by paul. Shattered bluford series, number 12 by paul langan. Paul langan born in philadelphia, paul langan spent his early childhood in the city before moving with his single mother to southern new jersey.
Langan contributed a number of tp textbooks and teaching a collage english course,he. A couple months after he leaves she starts talking to another guy and he tries to rape her. Born in philadelphia, paul langan spent his early childhood in the city before moving with his single mother to southern new jersey. And when an unlikely friendship develops, he clings to it like a lifeline. The characters in this book are darcy wills, brisana, duane nye, cooper, tarah, jamee wills, carl wills, darcys mom, and jamees boyfriend. I thought the author did a great job introducing all of the characters and also putting multiple. Darcy is the main character of this book, and the story follows her life both at school and at home. Paul langan in the story, shattered, this takes place in darcy wills house where darcy finds herself staring at her reflection in the bathroom mirror until shes called by her best friend, tarah. She deals with her moms bad tempered boyfriend that is. But mere hours after arriving, her happiness was shattered.
Paul langan books, author biography, and reading level. Darcy hides a painful secret from her friends and family. I found it very easy to lose myself in these books. Who are the characters in shattered by paul langan answers. The main character in this book is cidney gibson she is a teenager that goes to bluford high and is currently feeling like no one is noticing her and that she is not the best looking girl. Paul langan, anne schraff, peggy kern, karyn langhorne folan, john langan the bluford high book series by multiple authors includes books lost and found bluford series, number 1, a matter of trust bluford series, secrets in the shadows bluford series, number 3, and several more. Novel set in the idyllic maine, involving such characters as. Her husband paul, a professor, is beginning to drink too much. Summer of secrets is the book i read written by paul langan.
Summary a girl named darcy wills is a junior,goes to bluford high school. If you are a person who likes high school drama and romance i highly suggest you read the book shattered by paul langan. Later she finds out that he met a girl in detroit named anika. Multiple choice quizzes with page numbers included for chapters 7 and 8 of the bluford series novel shattered by paul langan. The story soon has darcy on the brink of breaking away from her friends, cooper and tarah and breaking up with her boyfriend, hakeem. No onenot her mother, her friends at bluford high, or even her boyfriend, cooper hoddenknows what her uncle did to her years ago. Who are the main characters in the book shattered by paul langan. And about how silent it was when they were all eating. Paul scotts the raj quartet comes to mind but there are many more. Shattered by paul langan by jamel reynolds on prezi. Why did paul langan name the title of this book shattered.
The tale traces tyrays troubled home life, his desire to rebuild his reputation, and his quest to get revenge on darrell, the only boy who ever stood up to him. Darcy wills is at the center of this tale, a sequel to until we meet again. But an upcoming reunion is forcing tarahs past into the. Brothers in arms shattered blood is thicker schooled summer of secrets someone to love me secrets in the shadows until we meet again anne schraff, paul langan, peggy kern, d.
Topics explored in the books include bullying, school violence, teenage pregnancy, divorce, peer pressure, and substance abuse. Born in philadelphia in 1972, paul langan spent his early childhood in the city before moving with his mother to southern new jersey. It seemed the lack of a motherly love, someone that he can express. What is the genre of shattered by paul langan answers. In shattered by paul langan is a book about a girl, darcy wills, whose boyfriend, hakeem, has to go live with his dad for a whole year.