Cecil Castellucci
1) Boy proof
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
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.
2) Odd duck
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Theodora is a perfectly normal duck. She may swim with a teacup balanced on her head and stay north when the rest of the ducks fly south for the winter, but there's nothing so odd about that. Chad, on the other hand, is one strange bird. Theodora quite likes him, but she can't overlook his odd habits. It's a good thing Chad has a normal friend like Theodora to set a good example for him. But who exactly is the odd duck here? Theodora may not like...
Author
Publisher
Disney/Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In this story, set between Star Wars: The empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Princess Leia must lead a ragtag group of rebels on a treacherous decoy mission against the evil Galactic Empire."--page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Archaia
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
One thing young Cecil was sure of from the minute she saw Star Wars was that she was going to be some kind of artiste. Probably a filmmaker. Possibly Steven Spielberg. Then, in 1980, the movie Fame came out. Cecil wasn't allowed to see that movie. It was rated R, and she was ten. But she did watch the television show and would pretend with her friends that she was going to that school. Of course they were playing. She was not. She was destined to...
Author
Series
Shade the changing girl volume 1
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The girl who fell to Earth. Loma Shade may be from another planet, but she's still like every other twentysomething who feels that their life is going nowhere fast. Bored out of her mind, her solution is to drop out of school, dump her boyfriend and leave her homeworld of Meta behind--courtesy of the infamous "madness coat" of renegade poet Rac Shade, which is not so much a garment as it is a multidimensional gateway. After stealing the coat and...
Author
Series
Batgirl volume 8
Publisher
DC Comics
Language
English
Description
"Who's there? Why, it's none other than the Clown Prince of Crime himself, the Joker. As the Joker War wreaks havoc all over Gotham, the Joker almost has control of Wayne Enterprises, and Batgirl has something he needs... So the Joker makes a special visit to Barbara Gordon's apartment to get it himself. Then, a mysterious murderer is running around Gotham killing redheaded women and dressing them up as Batgirl. Both Barbara's father, Jim Gordon,...
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"As Killer Moth descends on Gotham once again, this time having been given a mysterious 'offer' of power by Lex Luthor, Batgirl has her hands full. But before she can even begin to exterminate the villain's plans, she's confronted with an even greater powerhouse of evil--the Terrible Trio, now joined by her own rogue creation, Oracle! When her spinal injury kept her from working as Batgirl, Barbara provided intel to Gotham's heroes as Oracle, aided...
Author
Series
Shade the changing girl volume 2
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Loma needed a change from Meta, a boring and passionless planet--at least for a frustrated teenager. In a leap of madness, Loma broke through galaxies to take up residence in the body of a human girl on Earth. Only now that she's here, Loma discovers being a teenage Earth girl comes with its own challenges, and Earth may not be everything she thought it'd be. She's been here for some time now, and she's ready for her next move: but what will it be?...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The unforgettable tale of Disney The Little Mermaid transforms and expands through the first-person perspective of Ariel. Dive into the heart and mind of Ariel as she discovers love, endures sacrifice, and finds the strength to persevere as her world changes before her - her life, and life under the sea, will never be the same."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The tale of Disney Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is told through the perspective of the princess herself! More than a damsel in distress, she possesses a heart and soul that yearns for knowledge, love, and acceptance. Made to work in her own castle by her wicked stepmother, the Queen, Snow's world changes the day she meets her prince charming and her jealous stepmother tries to have her killed. Snow flees to the forest to hide and finds sanctuary...
16) Female furies
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Up and coming writer Cecil Castelluci enters Jack Kirby's epic Fourth World to write a funny, feminist take on the origins of the elite female fighting force of Apokolips. All their lives the Female Furies have been raised to be the meanest, most cunning and most ruthless fighting force on all of Apokolips. So why are Granny Goodness' girls left behind every time the men go to war? With the might of New Genesis hanging over the planet, and the Forever...
17) Frozen
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Fearless optimist Anna sets off on an epic journey to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter.
18) Beige
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Katy, a quiet French Canadian teenager, reluctantly leaves Montréal to spend time with her estranged father, an aging Los Angeles punk rock legend.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Across the length and breadth of the galaxy, the forces of evil grows stronger. Criminal syndicates schemes in the shadows, while vicious bounty hunters track down the guilty and innocent alike. And from the height of the Clone Wars to the darkest days of the Resistance, the agents and acolytes of the Sith work tirelessly to enact the dark will of their shadowy masters"--
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Tessa tries to be happy when her crush, Charlie, falls for her younger sister, Lulu, and it becomes easier after she begins a secret relationship with Jasper, a social outcast who lives next door to Tessa's best friend.