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Boy Proof Audiobook
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(3.61) - 1,603 listener ratings
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Kirkus Reviews calls Boy Proof "an unusual, successful, appealing effort from first-time novelist Cecil Castellucci." Victoria Jurgen, who goes by the name "Egg" after her favorite sci-fi heroine, doesn't have many friends, and definitely doesn't turn the heads of any boys. But she likes it that way. That is until she meets Max, a new kid who might be the only one to really understand her.
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"I've heard from a lot of people that this book is pretty so-so, but honestly I enjoyed it a lot and flew through it. Basically what I loved is that none of the geek stuff is sugar-coated. Meg had mentioned to me that the great thing about this book is it doesn't pretend geeks are just cool kids who need a second look or to take off their glasses or whatever, and I fully agree. So, you know. I'd give three stars, but I'm doing four because I think props for that should be huge."
— laaaaames (4 out of 5 stars)
Boy Proof Listener Reviews
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" good for kids who are Sci-Fi fanatics. "
— Shane, 2/15/2014 -
" I think it was one of the best books I've ever read. I love the story of how a girls life is forever changed when a new guy transfers to hew school. "
— Kayla, 2/13/2014 -
" This was a nice quick read about a girl who is just trying to find herself. "
— Crystal, 2/10/2014 -
" Great read; love the characters. Victora, a.k.a. 'Egg' after her favorite movie character, is a gifted high school girl hiding behind her very angry persona. She thinks she's doing just fine, thank you, even though her parents are divorced and her classmates not only don't interest her, they don't get her, either. Then, new kid, Max shows up and she's not as boy proof as she thought she was. "
— Kstewart5362, 2/6/2014 -
" i got this about 3 months ago. really difrent from the books i narmaly read. but really good. "
— Michelle, 2/5/2014 -
" I remember it being cute when I read it in 8th grade... "
— Josie, 1/11/2014 -
" I love this book and have since I read it for the first time in middle school. each time, I don't want it to end. "
— Jordaline, 10/8/2013 -
" Egg is a hard character for me to identify with. But I liked her from a distance. Good character arc. "
— Kristen, 7/7/2013 -
" Very interesting book, the girl battles her how she wants to look and who she wants to be. Story ends with a happy ending. "
— Marissa, 2/24/2013 -
" See my review on Book Ali, which should be posted by 11:59 PM on 07 Jan 2009. "
— Alexandra, 1/23/2013 -
" It starts out a little weird because this girl is into space movies and stuff, but she sort of loosens up during the story. It was a good read. "
— Megan, 10/5/2012 -
" How can you not cheer for strange geek girls? "
— Trip, 12/28/2011 -
" One of my favourite books of all time. This is probably the 3rd or 4th time I've read it, and I enjoyed it just as much as the first time I read it. "
— Ariel, 8/18/2011 -
" Read this in two hours. Excellent light reading! "
— Summer, 6/18/2011 -
" Garden variety plot about a disenfranchised lonely girl who doesn't like anyone or much of anything until she wakes up and makes herself happy. Pretty spare writing, but I got into it pretty fast and ended up really liking Victoria a lot. "
— Shelley, 5/14/2011 -
" read b/c of a review on a kidlit blog; about a nerd girl obsessed with a sci-fi movie character. liked the understated way things were worded and plot developed. liked that she changed her own direction in life w/habit and attitude adjustments. "
— Virginia, 5/9/2011 -
" Pretty good book. Much better than her nextbook. Somewhat limited in audience realistically though. "
— Ben, 4/22/2011 -
" Yeah, I liked this book. It was another book that was different. So I can check "Anti-social outcast geek" from my mental list of Types of Books to Read. "
— Lilly, 4/13/2011 -
" this was a pretty good book "
— Patricia, 3/29/2011 -
" Boy Proof - need I say more? "
— Cookie, 3/10/2011 -
" i remember liking this book a lot. it was cute without being dramatic or saccharine or anything. characters were likeable. i probably thought i related to egg on some level, ha ha. "
— Rowena, 1/20/2011 -
" Oh man, this is exactly what it was like to be an anti-social teenager. "
— Naomi, 9/30/2010
About Cecil Castellucci
Jason Fry is a writer, editor, and occasional digital consultant based in Brooklyn, New York. He’s the author of the Jupiter Pirates, a young adult space fantasy series published by HarperCollins, and has written more than thirty books and short stories set in the Star Wars galaxy. Besides fiction for adults and young readers, he writes essays and articles about technology, sports, online media, music, travel, history, and anything else that interests him. He also keeps his eye on the world of digital publishing, with a particular interest in sports and sports writing.
About Carine Montbertrand
Carine Montbertrand is an award-winning narrator of dozens of audiobooks. When she first started working in the 1990s, she sounded younger than her years and specialized in children’s and young adult titles. Since then she has expanded to fiction for adults and has recorded everything from murder mysteries to fantasy and inspirational titles. She is adept with dialects and accents, voicing characters from countries around the world. She also specializes in English language titles with a French flavor, as she is half French. With her audiobooks, she has the opportunity to tell wonderful stories while finding voices for men, women, children, and sometimes ghosts and extraterrestrials.