IAN my Protagonist

  My book im still reading is Shattered by Eric Walters. Im still reading it because im a BUSY MAN! My protagonist is Ian a regular highschooler trying to pass civics class and doing community service hours to do so. A direct qoute to prove his attitude to the situation in civics class would be: " Im just trying to do my hours so I can pass" (page21, Shattered).

  What ive learned about Ian so far is that he is only doing the community service because he wants his car that his dad will by him if he passes. I also learned underneath all of that he is a caring guy who has a soft spot for homeless people.

  I think with his attitude he has a chance at achieveing his goal and ultimatly his car. So I predict that he will also help homeless people to.

  I chose the video at the top because it describes how a homeless person lives which I knows about. Also, the book pretains to homeless people.

Connections in the Text

  Wow on my third blog post already. Right now I am still reading Shattered by Eric Walters because unfortunatly I have not had much time to read because I have been busy. "The fire was big enough to throw out heat and light. The warmth felt good." (Eric Walters, Shattered pg.68)

  I made this connection because I have a text to self connection to it. It reminds me of the fires we had in our back yard. This reminds me of this because the characters are having a fire just like I did. This is my conection to the text.

Eric Walters Shattered

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Shattered by Eric walters

  The book I am reading im not quite done but im a good portion through it. My book is called Shattered  by Eric Walters and so far it is an alright book. The book is about a boy named Ian who will fail civics class if he doesn't do community service hours. The place he chose to work at for his hours is the club, which is a soup kitchen for the homeless. If he doesn't pass civics he doesn't get his car so the stakes are high. Ian meets a man named mac who owns the kitchen and they meet several homeless people along the way, inluding sarge a so called former soldier whom Ian's teacher wants Ian to interview for extra credit in civics class to ensure he doesn't fail. The park is also dangerous at the same time and Ian gets in some heat from thugs along the way but makes smart decisions to make sure it will never happen again.

  So, overall this book isn't that bad but I could easily put it down and do something else. If you are a major book lover I would definitly recomend this book for you and you probably wont put it down like I can. Also, this book is easy to read and is recommend for high school students as it is a White Pine book. So to sum is up if your a book lover in highschool find this book.