Sixteen-year-oldCarly is set to become top of her art class until bully-boy Justin gives her avicious payback for standing up for one of his victims. Her boyfriend,karate-trained nerd Dylan, wants to smash the guy's face in, but a fight atschool means suspension, losing his chance at school honours and facing afurious father. Carly is determined to find a more creative solution to herproblem, but will she sort it out before Dylan's inner caveman hijacks him andall hell breaks loose? Justinmight be a pain, but his harassment leads to a deepening of Dylan and Carly'sromance, and Carly finds an inner strength she didn't know she had. The magicalrealism style provides a touch of fantasy in an otherwise very real story thatoffers heart-warming solutions to bullying. YouCan't Shatter Me is food for the soul. It has received a BRAG Medallion foroutstanding fiction and an AIA Seal of Excellence in independent fiction.