Juggling multiple viewpoints, healey skillfully keeps her characters on an emotional rollercoaster even as they deal with physical. Karen healey was born in whangarei, new zealand, and has lived in lots of places since, including oamaru, christchurch, tokyo, fuchu, and melbourne. Healey s second novel the shattering stars keri, a 17yearold trying to. Jake had always seemed like a happy young man, and the suicide is both. Young adult horror, young adult fantasy, young adult how i got it. The shattering by karen healey pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad seventeenyearold keri likes to plan for every possibility. Karen healey audio books, best sellers, author bio.
She knows what to do if you break an arm, or get caught in an earthquake or fire. The older brothers of summertons residents and vacationers are killing themselvesone boy each yearand preparedforanything keri, sexy wouldbe rocker janna and dreamy, insecure sione. The shattering ebook ottawa public library bibliocommons. Sione comes from a wealthy family so when he takes a vacation separate from his parents, they set a spy on him who reports his daily. Click to read more about the shattering by karen healey.
Each chapter of the story bounces between the perspectives of the different protagonists, with keri receiving the firstperson treatment. The shattering by karen healey music video youtube. If you want to find out who murdered your brother, come with me. This is a book trailer music video for my honors english i class. The shattering book central arkansas library system. The moment i heard it was available i went running. Healey delivers an intense and powerful novel that explores the effect of suicide on families by way of a magical conspiracy tale. This time, however, healey presents us the mystery of supposed suicides rather than an immediately recognizable serial killing. The shattering by karen healey 2011, hardcover for sale. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Again, unlike gotd, the shattering isnt a neil gaimanesque deep weaving of native mythology to modernday storylines, but what it lacks there, it more than makes up with the protagonists. My name is tegan oglietti, and on the last day of my first lifetime, i was so, so happy.
I had a plan for what to do if a member of my family was murdered. Sixteenyearold tegan is just like every other girl living in 2027shes happiest when playing the guitar, shes falling in love for the first time, and shes joining her friends to protest the wrongs of the world. When a rash of suicides disturbs summerton, an oddly perfect tourist town on the west coast of new zealand, the younger siblings of the dead boys become suspicious and begin an investigation that reveals dark secrets and puts them in grave danger. Seventeenyearold keri likes to plan for every possibility. The shattering karen healey the shattering introduces us to the new zealand tourist town of summerton. Healey is honest with her use of magic and doesnt spring magical elements on the reader as a cheat or deus ex machina. Since reading the shattering, i can officially call myself a fan of hers. She technically lives in new zealand, but actually lives on the internet. The story was involving and the characters very authentic and relatable. A town in the isolated and stunning west coast region of new zealand, it is blessed with gorgeous weather and hordes of tourists.
Like guardian of the dead, the shattering is a murder mystery with folklore and magic mixed in, and they both take place in new zealand. However, one of healey s strengths as a writer lies in her ability to include diversity without highlighting it in a way that makes it feel other. Karen healey s the shattering grand guignol goes to the beach. Karen healeys the shattering was a gripping paranormal thriller that i just could not put down.
The shattering by karen healey if you put the craft, justine larbalestier, the stepford wives, a wicker man and new zealand into a blender and hit frappe you would get something. But she wasnt prepared for her brothers suicide, and his death has left her shattered with grief. Karen healey when a rash of suicides disturbs summerton, an oddly perfect tourist town on the west coast of new zealand, the younger siblings of the dead boys become suspicious and begin an investigation that. Morris debut award finalist guardian of the dead, the shattering, and when we wake. Healey guardian of the dead delivers an intense and powerful novel that explores the effect of suicide on families by way of a magical conspiracy tale. When we wake is new zealand author karen healey s third novel, after guardian of the dead and the shattering. If you want to find out who murdered your brother, follow me.
While the main characters parents werent always physically present, their influence was shown. The shattering by karen healey if you want to find out who murdered your brother, follow me. The shattering by karen healey if you put the craft, justine larbalestier, the stepford wives, a wicker man and new zealand into. Karen healey is the author of the aurealis winner and william c. The shattering karen healey keri, janna and sione have two things in common. When her childhood friend janna tells her it was murder, not. The shattering is a fantastic, gripping novel that manages to deal with mental illness, learning disabilities, racism, colonialism, cultural. Healey s second novel the shattering stars keri, a 17yearold trying to come to terms with her brother jakes death.
A motley crew of teens band together to catch a serial killer and break the perverse spell that keeps their new zealand resort town so idyllic. Speculative fiction, horror, contemporary, young adult publisher. Although authorities believe jake committed suicide, keri cannot accept that. Healey the shattering constructs a very persuasive future world. These three teens have something terrible in common their elder brothers all committed suicide.
In the small new zealand tourist town of summerton, 17yearold keri is contending with the unexplained suicide of. She is the author of the awardwinning young adult urban fantasy, guardian of the dead, the shattering, when we wake, and while we run. Ive never believed that to be true, and the shattering proves it. Little, brown books for young readers publication date. Speculative fiction, horror, contemporary, young adult. In the shattering, each characters difference is an integral part of who he or she is, but is never presented as the singular defining trait of the character. There she makes a couple of good friends, excels in her classes especially classics. The shattering by karen healey 20, paperback for sale. Keris beloved older brother jake has just committed suicide. The shattering by karen healey disability in kidlit. For a new author, karen healy did a wonderful job weaving such a memorable story. Houses built half underground, strict water rationing, the collection of human feces for compost humanure these are all realities for the population of australia in 2128. Karen healey s vision of the future in her third book for young adult readers, when we wake, is a pretty depressing one.
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