"Fifteen-year-old Ian must complete community volunteer service in order to pass his Civics class. He chooses to work at “The Club,” a soup kitchen for the homeless in an unsafe part of the city. When the man who saved Ian shows up at the soup kitchen, he gets to know “Sarge.” Jacques was a soldier in the Canadian Armed Forces, and his last tour of duty was as a peacekeeper stationed in Rwanda, an African nation Ian knows little about. Ian begins to learn truths not only about Rwanda, but about the world, for which he is not at all prepared. Shattered invites students to ask themselves what they can do to make a difference in the world."--Ministry of Education website.

English language arts grade 9 (2009). "Note: General Romeo Dallaire, the Force Commander for the United Nations Mission to Rwanda, wrote the foreword in this book."--Ministry of Education website.