Boy Proof

Name: Boy Proof
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Cecil Castellucci
ISBN: 9781440796555

Author: Cecil Castellucci

Narrator: Carine Montbertrand

Unabridged: 4 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/16/2008

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

A Time Magazine 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time Selection "This novel's funny first-person narrative will grab teens (and not just sci-fi fans) with its romance and the screwball special effects."—Booklist Meet Egg. Her real name is Victoria Jurgen, but she's renamed herself after the kick-ass heroine of her favorite sci-fi movie, Terminal Earth. Like her namesake, Egg dresses all in white, colors her eyebrows, and shaves her head. She always knows the right answers, she's always in control, and she's far too busy—taking photos for the school paper, meeting with the Science Fiction and Fantasy Club, and hanging out at the "creature shop" with her dad, the special-effects makeup wizard—to be bothered with friends, much less members of the opposite sex. As far as Egg is concerned, she's boy proof, and she likes it that way. But then Egg meets a boy named Max, a boy who's smart and funny and creative and cool … and happens to like Egg. Could this be the end of the world—at least as Egg knows it?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ariel

I'm on a kick of rereading old favourites, the books from my teens that truly formed who I am now. I must have been 14 or 15 when I first read this, and nearly a decade later, I still really enjoyed it. It's a quick read, the story of an outcast learning to open herself up to vulnerability, but I re......more

Goodreads review by Judy

Last month I attended a reading by Jonathan Evison (The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving) at Skylight Books in Hollywood. Introducing Jonathan was Cecil Castellucci. "I know that name," I thought. Sure enough she is one of the more truly hip YA authors writing these days. I had seen her books all......more

Goodreads review by Lisa

I saw Cecil Castellucci at the West Hollywood Book Fair, and went over to say hi, because we're both supporters of WriteGirl (an awesome creative writing mentoring nonprofit in Los Angeles). I decided to buy one of her books, and after we talked for a few minutes, she recommended Boy Proof. I don't k......more

Goodreads review by GRIS

La construcción y evolución del personaje Egg es tan buena que te atrapa al momento, y la trama es demasiado adictiva. Muy recomendado para cualquier tipo de lector. "You're just another shallow person pretending to be deep."......more