You Can't Shatter Me

Sixteen-year-old Carly is set to become top of her art class until bully-boy Justin gives her a vicious payback for standing up for one of his victims. Her boyfriend karate-trained nerd Dylan wants to smash the guys face in but a fight at school means suspension losing his chance at school honours and facing a furious father. Carly is determined to find a more creative solution to her problem but will she sort it out before Dylans inner caveman hijacks him and all hell breaks loose? Justin might be a pain but his harassment leads to a deepening of Dylan and Carlys romance and Carly finds an inner strength she didnt know she had. The magical realism style provides a touch of fantasy in an otherwise very real story that offers heart-warming solutions to bullying. You Cant Shatter Me is food for the soul. It has received a BRAG Medallion for outstanding fiction and an AIA Seal of Excellence in independent fiction.I was awed. Tahlia Newlands fiction is some of the best YA on the market. In Newlands deft hands this novel is an absorbing educational read that both satisfies and gives hope to adults and younger readers alike. Blibliotica Book Reviews.