Boy Proof - Hardcover

Egg's stripped-down, laser-like observations are funny, moving, and at times poetic, creating a fresh voice that will be immediately appealing to readers. This is an affirming story about a girl waking up to her true potential.
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)

Castellucci effortlessly paints a picture of Hollywood as a setting that shapes her characters as much as they shape it. Egg's journey to shed her trappings and to confidently inhabit her own character is one readers won't want to miss.
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

This novel's clipped, funny, first-person, present-tense narrative will grab teens with its romance and the screwball special effects, and with the story of an outsider's struggle both to belong and to be true to herself.
--Booklist

An unusual, successful, appealing effort from first-time novelist Castellucci.
--Kirkus Reviews

With a cover that has teen appeal, this quick, fun read is sure to please the romantic geeks of the world.
--Voice of Youth Advocates

It's satisfying to see [Egg] finally reciprocate other people's feelings and concerns for her and realize that being true to herself doesn't mean she has to go it alone.
--The Horn Book

Victoria's growth is the book's real strength.
--School Library Journal

Cecil Castellucci grew up in New York City. She is a writer, a filmmaker, an actress, and a singer-songwriter, and engages in many other creative pursuits. She is also an avid science fiction fan: as a testament to her devotion, she lived for six weeks on Hollywood Boulevard, waiting for the opening of STAR WARS: EPISODE ONE. "Sci-fi fandom is always given such a bad rap," she says. "I'm a card-carrying geek and proud of it." Currently, Cecil Castellucci lives in Los Angeles, in the "belly of the beast" known as Hollywood. This is her first book with Candlewick Press.