"Shattered" by Eric Walters brings to its readers the genocide of Rwanda, the efficacy of peace keeping missions, the issue of Black Lives Matter, civil wars in the last hundred years, and the struggle of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).Ian Blackburn, the 15-year-old protagonist in Shattered, works in a soup kitchen to satisfy the volunteer component of his Civics course. During his education he develops a friendship with a homeless man who continues to battle the horrors witnessed while s