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Boy Proof
By Castellucci, Cecil
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-76362-333-3
- Publisher
- Candlewick
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2005
Gr 8-Up Victoria, 16, considers herself boy proof -too smart and tough to be appealing to guys. She has renamed herself Egg after her favorite character in a new science-fiction blockbuster, and even dresses like her idol, wearing an all-white cloak. A straight-A student, she dominates classroom discussions and considers no one her friend.The teen spends Tuesdays after school happily sculpting movie monsters with her work-obsessed father, a special-effects guru, and devotes the rest of her free ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2005
Victoria, a Los Angeles teen who renames herself Egg after the heroine of her favorite movie, Terminal Earth, describes her style as "post-apocalyptic." She has a tough-girl attitude to match her shaved head, piercings, and colored eyebrows, all of which she believes renders her "boy proof." Castellucci's brooding, smart, self-confident narrator gives an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
