Egg is deliberately boy proof and revels in being a loner. Then Max moves to town.
One would suppose that all geeks need to be the prom queen is a makeover. At least, that's what most books and movies tell us. Boy Proof looks at the geeks that are happy being geeks. His protagonist loves sci fi and even dresses up like her favorite character every day. It's nice to see that although she may eventually drop the character, she never gives up what makes her different from other people.
This books belongs in every high school that has "alternative" people. ( )

Reviewed by Karin Perry for TeensReadToo.com

Victoria "Egg" Jurgen is a loner and she likes it that way. Dressed in her long white cloak, with a shaved head and drawn-in eyebrows, she doesn't talk to people and doesn't want people to talk to her. Her look and attitude cause her to be "boy proof," according to her mother. Egg's unique style is fashioned after her favorite character from the movie Terminal Earth, which she has seen multiple times and as many as four times in one day. Egg refers to herself as a cinephile. She loves the film industry, especially the Sci-Fi world.

Egg considers herself the smartest person at her school and feels Valedictorian is pretty much in the bag. That is until Max shows up in her AP classes. Egg's first impression of Max is that he stinks, literally. The only thing she likes about him at all is his t-shirt that has the name of one of her favorite comic books on it. Max seems to be everywhere. He is a wonderful artist and joins the school's newspaper where Egg acts as a photo journalist. Getting to know Max turns out to be a life-changing experience for Egg.

As senior year progresses, Egg becomes more involved in activities that put her in contact with people. She learns what it means to be a friend and how important it is to have them in your life. She realizes that people aren't always as they seem and that being perfect isn't necessary for happiness. Egg learns a lot in one year's time; even how to leave Egg behind and become simply Victoria.

Cecil Castellucci has written a thoughtful story about the sensitive time in every young adult's life - self-discovery. Written in first person, this novel launches you into Egg's world and leaves you feeling as though you are experiencing life through her eyes. The reader will sympathize with the ups and downs of the typical teenage angst that Victoria goes through in order to, once and for all, decide what it really takes for her to be happy. ( )

Inscribed with a dedication to "all nerdy girls everywhere," Boy Proof, by Cecil Castellucci, an endearing romantic comedy-type novel set in Hollywood, has plenty of Sci-Fi references to go around. Now, as someone who recently made an X-Files related "Erlenmeyer Flask" reference in casual conversation, I may be biased, but I found the book's geekiness refreshing and engaging. Victoria "Egg" Jurgen is obsessed with the Sci-Fi movie Terminal Earth to the point where she dresses like Egg, its main character, quotes extensively from the movie, and holds everyone and everything else at a generous distance. She believes that her big brain and general aloofness have made her "boy proof," which of course invites the introduction of the other main character, Max Carter, a cool transfer student who seems genuinely smart and wonders why Egg doesn't use her talents for some better purpose. Cue adorableness! ( )

I could really identify with Victoria/Egg. I remember being that age and being so angy and trying so hard to find my identity. I even remember changing my name to Cassandra (my older brother still gives me a hard time over that). I wouldn't recommend it for younger readers, however. Victoria's defiance of her mother is something that I wouldn't want younger readers emulating and I don't think that they would be mature enough to understand the resolution of that relationship at the end of the book. In addition, I found the drinking scene over the top. But for older readers, 18+, I think they could pick up the subtle nuances of the behavior changes and how Victoria matures (hatches from her "Egg" if you will) from an angry, clueless adolescent to a thinking young adult. It might also resonate with the slightly older crowd because Victoria is also stuggling with decisions about what to do after high school. All in all an enjoyable read. ( )

The main character, Egg, doesn't know how to handle things when a new student, Max enters her world.
I gave this book away because it wasn't as wonderful as I'd hoped and contained just enough profanity to make me uncomfortable having it on the shelves. ( )

This is the kind of book I wish I'd had when I was in high school. Not that my teenager self would have read it - I was a little snobbish about YA books, and exceptionally snobbish about contemporary YA books. But still - it's one of those books that you wish you could hand to every geeky teen.

Egg (real name Victoria) is the daughter of an 80s actress and a special effects prosthetics designer. She is angsty, rude, obsessed with a sci-fi action flick heroine, and convinced that she is a loner. In other words, she's your typical (geeky) teen. And while the plot is predictable (angsty teen realizes having friends is worth it, boys can be cool, and that real life is more important than the movies), Victoria feels real. And despite the fact that she starts out as a complete bitch to her family, friends, and pretty much everyone, it was easy to empathize with her. ( )

Read in a day. Good story about a nerd girl coming out of her shell. It wrapped up a little to neatly but was definitely worth while, especially for nerd girls (or guys) who may feel like they're all alone. It's always nice to know you're not the only mutant out there. ( )

This book was just sort of there. I had a hard time relating to the main character and often her responses and actions seemed completely random to me. I liked the supporting characters, but I feel as though we never really got to know them. I feel like this book just captured the surface of the story and never went deep enough to hold my interest. ( )

This is the perfect book for the student who is a little different, quirky and doesn't quite fit in. Many middle and high school students would be able to relate to "Egg", the female character in this novel who finds that her tough exterior softens as she falls for the new boy in school, something she thought would never happen. I loved the way the book's chapters were organized; according to day and time. This book is an easy and quick read. 'Boy Proof' is a great read for all students in that one of its major themes is acceptance of others; an important lesson of which we all need to be continuoulsy reminded. ( )

For the first page or so, I thought that I was going to read a lightly enjoyable teen romance with stock characters. But the story has nicely three dimensional people living in it. I will hunt out more works by this author. ( )

Rebecca wants to be called Egg after her favortie Sci-Fi heroine, she even wears a white cloak. She doesn't want a boyfriend. She's Boyproof. She wants to be independent (which is a cover for her being lonely) however, she ends up meeting a Max, and even gets to meet her idol, but finds out the movie star is mean in real life. A book that makes us think who we look up to.

Rebecca (aka Egg) considers herself boy proof, until she meets Max. A contemporary tale of something like love and something like romance. ( )

Victoria wants to be called Egg, after her favorite movie character. Her head is shaved, her eyebrows are drawn on, and she wears a white cloak. Her mother calls her "boy proof", and Egg likes it that way. Until a new boy moves to town. Egg wants to be independent, but finds herself lonely instead. ( )

Victoria has declared herself boy-proof. She has embraced her geekiness and dresses up like her favorite sci-fi movie character every day. She even makes everyone call her Egg (after said character). This way Victoria never has to worry about being rejected because she automatically rejects everyone first. The only problem is this new kid at school Max. He talks to her and tries to bring her out of her shell.. and worse, Victoria thinks that maybe, just maybe, he actually gets her... maybe he's worth opening up for...

Once I got into this book, I literally could not put it down and I ended up reading the whole thing in one sitting. The characters were so great and you can really see Victoria grow and develop as the story goes on. Highly recommended, especially for g33k girls and boys. ( )

Feeling alienated from everyone around her, Los Angeles high school senior and cinephile Victoria Denton hides behind the identity of a favorite movie character until an interesting new boy arrives at school and helps her realize that there is more to life than just the movies.

Victoria calls herself Egg after her favourite Film character and lives in Hollywood with her actor mum. Max is new in her school and she's interested in him, but keeps pushing people away. She's also a gifted photographer and helps her father build special effect makeup for films. Although she's near graduation and her life has been mapped out, she has doubts about where to go with her life and finding her place.
Interesting and touching this reads a fair bit like reality. I was the invisible person in school and so I did really empathise with her situation. ( )

This author is coming to our Teen Book Festival this year. I'd picked it up in the past and wasn't interested, but I'm glad I took a chance on it. I really enjoyed it. ( )

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This was a well-told story of an alienated young woman and how she made connections with others. Warning, next sentence gives away ending: I was a bit disappointed that she ended up with the guy, since she was militantly independent and original up until then. It's not that one has to be alone to be independent and original, but the book ends with her being overjoyed that she's finally together with this cool guy she really likes. A bit trite for me. ( )