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Title: The Shattering

Author: Karen Healy

Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-13-11

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Praised as a breath of fresh air (Booklist), Karen Healeys debut novel Guardian of the Dead received a starred review from School Library Journal and was a finalist for the William C. Morris Award. Healeys second novel The Shattering stars Keri, a 17-year-old trying to come to terms with her brother Jakes death. Although authorities believe Jake committed suicide, Keri cannot accept that her brother would take his own life. And when shes approached by her classmate Janna, whose brother also committed suicide years earlier, the two team up in search of answers. Soon the girls come to a grim realizationthat their brothers werent the first in town to die under mysterious circumstances.

Members Reviews:

YA fiction with heart felt characters

I generally prefer to read epic fantasy, but a review of this book in Science Fiction & Fantasy digest piqued my curiosity. Keri, the main character, is struggling with her older brother's suicide. She has always been a planner, one who Is prepared for any emergency even ones that are seemingly outlandish. Janna is another childhood friend who has also lost her older brother to an apparent suicide. One of Janna's summer flings, who lost his older brother as well seems to have stumbled on a pattern. All the boys died around the same time, all have younger siblings, and are seemingly spread around the country. Keri's brother Jake is an outlier to a clear pattern. Is this the work of a serial killer ? Is it the work of an unknown force, or even just a coincidence due to the fact that many teenagers do commit suicide? The author does a tremendous job, in my opinion, or writing believable teens, with all their hormones, conflicted impulses, and desires to believe the best of their brothers. Midway through, you find out the reasons for the deaths and then you must hang on for the finale. I am especially appreciative of the final chapter which is one of the most emotionally real things I have read in a long time. I won't spoil the story, but I will say that this was a very creative story for this genre. I also appreciate the author calling out for all of us to help those who are struggling with thoughts of suicide. As a teacher of teenagers, we lose far too many every day. I look forward to reading more of Healey's work if only for the different storyline than the one I expected.

I would love to see this on the shelves of middle and ...

This is a spectacular book, and it very skillfully deals with a lot of intersectionality in a way that's both clear but un-preachy. I would love to see this on the shelves of middle and high school libraries--as an adult, I appreciate it a lot, but I do think it would have been a game-changer for me when I was the same age of the (mostly teenage) protagonists.

Exquisite

I loved this book. Itâs spectacular and hits you with so many interesting things and the TWIST! Amazing! The seller was awesome too. I order the last copy they had in stock and received a FREE BOOK and bookmark. It was so sweet and I got two books for about six dollars. Great.

The book was great, i really liked the characters

The book was great, i really liked the characters.