From its powerful opening to its tensionfilled ending, this compelling novel will pull you. In shattering glass, gail giles end the book immediately after the climactic scene. Shattered glass is part of the secrets series, in which each book is about a different orphan trying to find her way in the world. Young was an intelligent guy and robs right hand man. What is a summary of shattering glass by gail giles. Although the ending was given away, the events that led up to simons death made it a little obvious what the outcome of the story would be. Bissinger and chronicles glass fall from grace when his stories were discovered to be fabricated.
Fat, clumsy simon glass is a nerd, a loser who occupies the lowest rung on the high school social ladder. Buy shattering glass book online at best prices in india on. Shattering glass by gail giles is a novel that follows a group of highschoolers while they attempt to turn a social outcast into the most popular kid in school before graduation. However, there are superstitions that are the same all over the world. The novel is about a high school boy named simon glass who is helped to become one of the most popular kids in school by other students, only to end in a tragic twist of fate. I guess, really we each hated him for a different reason, but we didnt realize it until the day we killed him. Her novel shattering glass, was an ala best of the best book, a book sense 76 selection, and a booklist top 10 mystery for youth selection. The book was a good read, except for the fact that the ending was given away at the beginning. It stars hayden christensen as glass, alongside peter sarsgaard. The novel, shattering glass by gail giles discusses many problems of todays youth, especially concerning parenting.
Toni has always had nightmares about fire, and she. Written and directed by billy ray, the film is based on a vanity fair article of the same name by h. In the duff, the only power being abused was the judgmental teenage girl and her social status, which ended up resulting in a beneficial consequence because justice was essentially served by ending her bullying. This could have been because he was jealous of simon.
List of characters in the book shattering glass answers. From page one, i felt myself being pulled to its grim conclusion by a very fine storyteller. Other than that, the book kept me interested and wanting to know more. Although gail giles didnt completely win me over with shattering glass, it was a decent read and with strong pacing. So begins shattering glass by gail giles, a story of four friends thaddeus or. Clumsy and awkward, hes a loser who occupies the lowest rung of the high school.
The ending of unbreakable and split sequel glass, starring bruce willis, james mcavoy and samuel l jackson, explained with m night shyamalan. Robs plan works more than well, and soon glass displays an independent and dark streak that wasnt part of robs plan. Shattering the mysteries of the unbreakable and split. This 47page guide for shattering glass by gail giles includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 28 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. The novel is about an high school boy named simon glass that is helped to become one of the most popular dogs in school by other students.
The book is narrated by a straighta student named young steward. Shattering glass was the best book i have ever read for many reasons. The true story of journalist stephen glass, the twentysomething whiz kid who quickly rose from a minor writing post in washington, to a feature writer in such publications as rolling stone and. The fact that simon glass didnt consider me a threat ran up my spine and burrowed into the bass of my skull like a gnawing animal giles 195. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. This is just a sample of the action that happens in the book. Shattering glass takes place in present day texas, following four seniors in high school. Simon glass was easy to hatei guess, really we each hated him for a different reason, but we didnt realize it until the day we killed him. What is there about the way this novel is structured that makes this possible. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
This film tells the true story of fraudulent washington, d. The glass ending was both not predictable, inevitable and hard to explain. Shattering glass is a ya book following the transformation of simon glass, an unpopular, fat, clumsy student. In this book, toni is a young girl who grew up in an orphanage and has almost no memory of her parents. This section in the book focuses mainly on the church starting with the borgia popes and their deeds and ending with martin luthers reforms. And in the end, when he decides to use this against rob, he gets murdered. Business publishing industry library and information science.
A character that exists in the novel, shattering glass by gail giles. In the end they turned to tears of joy, because ultimately it was a beautiful story. The main difference is that in shattering glass, power was abused and it resulted in the death of simon glass. There are many superstitions in this world and they vary from one culture to another. Everybody picks on him, making jokes at his expense until rob haynes shows up. Bibliographic information shattering glass by gail giles, simon pulse, 2003, isbn. What was the ending of shattering glass by gail giles. What elements contribute to the surrealism of the play. It is a great story of betrayal, jealousy, hatred and mistrust amongst a bunch of high school guys. Shattering glass, a novel by gail giles, is a book about simon glass, and about how he is the most mistreated kid at bvale high school. Stewards father who isnt supportive of his life decisions mr. Rob, a transfer student with charisma to spare, immediately becomes the. The ending was that simon glass was killed by the brutal assaults of bats and then they had to go to court and justify. Gail giles this guide was written by teens for teens to.
Her debut novel, shattering glass, was an ala best of the best book, a book sense 76 selection, and a booklist top 10 mystery for youth selection. The end of shattering glass book by gail giles youtube. So if ive just read a heavy loaded dramahistory sort of novel. I dont remember the last book that made me cry but i was so glad to finally come across a book that made me feel. The story flips around, twisting and turning through the story of tonis life. With shattering glass, other editors wanted a neatly tiedup ending, but deborah brodie at roaring brook press accepted the book. Is this ending satisfying in spite of being so abrupt. I thought the little snipits of interviews at the beginning of each chapter, giving the reader a little foreshadowing of how things play out, was a nice touch although the ending its self felt a bit unfinished. Rob, young, bob, and coop decide to adopt simon glass into their social click and turn him from the least popular to the most. Even at the beginning of the book, young was not fond of simon. Shattering glass is a dark, finely crafted, onthemoney comingofage suspense story. Being fat and a nerd, he is at the bottom of the popularity.
At the end of chapter 9, what plans does rob have for lance. Rob started to spend more and more time with simon, which made young envious. When a new kid named rob comes to the school, he decides to make it his big project to turn glass into someone popular. Shattering glass summary and study guide supersummary. Shattering glass by gail giles is a book that should be read by every highschooler before their graduation. I never knew exactly why, there was too much to pick from.
Chris crutcher, author of staying fat for sarah brynes and whale talk. In chapter one, it starts off by saying i guess, really, we each hated him for a different reason, but we didnt realize it until the day we killed him. For example, in most of the cultures there is a superstition of a black cat that brings bad luck when it crosses our path. Shattered glass is a great book, and it should definitely win. Night shyamalans eastrail 177 trilogy is a translation of comic book mythology through the. Shattering glass literature guide learning to give. Shattering glass, by gail giles, is a 2002 young adult novel that tells the story of how high school senior simon glass went from school geek to popular kid to. Shattering glass is a suspenseful novel written by gail giles about the murder of a high school senior named simon glass. Hes one of the most popular boys in simons school, but only because hes a close friend of the even more popular and charismatic rob haynes.
Michael cadnum, national book award finalist for the book of the lion. Then she guided me through months of revisions and more rounds of polishing, until we were satisfied with the level of morality that balanced the violence. The bathroom sink and the working light switch the sound of the shattering glass and the car honking outside eddies. The bully, important but not necessarily a major character alice danvers.
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