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Boy Proof
Contributor(s): Castellucci, Cecil (Author)

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ISBN: 0763627968     ISBN-13: 9780763627966
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2006
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Annotation: What happens when an aloof and antisocial cinephile meets a new boy savvy enough to see through her cool, impenetrable disguise? Castellucci's smart and vulnerable heroine will please teen readers struggling with identity, choices, and relationships.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Loners & Outcasts
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 14-17
Grade Level: 9-12
Lexile Measure: 600(Not Available)
Guided Reading: Z (Grade 7/8)
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 7.6" L (0.35 lbs) 203 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
- Geographic Orientation - California
- Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/23/2006 pg. 54
Kliatt 11/01/2006 pg. 17
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 86389
Reading Level: 3.8   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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Publisher Description:
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?

 
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