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Cecil Castellucci

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Young Adult, Comics & Graphic Novels, Literature & Fiction

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Cecil Castellucci is an author of young adult novels and comic books, most notably Boy Proof and The PLAIN Janes. Upcoming in 2012 is her new hybrid prose / graphic novel The Year of the Beasts illustrated by Nate Powell.

She is also the author of First Day on Earth, Rose Sees Red, Beige, The Queen of Cool and Janes in Love. Her short stories can be found in various anthologies such as After, Teeth, Truth & Dare, The Eternal Kiss, Sideshow and Interfictions 2 and the anthology, which she co-edited, Geektastic.

She is the recipient of the California Book Award Gold Medal for her picture book Grandma's Gloves, illustrated by Julia Denos and the Shuster Award for Best Canadian Comic Book Writer for The Plain Janes.

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It’s finally here! ODD DUCK is out today! Written by me! Illustrated by Sara Varon! Go forth and be odd!

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Cecil Castellucci's Books

Average rating: 3.68 · 20,473 ratings · 3,104 reviews · 24 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci (Goodreads Author), Jim Rugg 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 3,915 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boy Proof 3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 1,555 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Janes in Love by Cecil Castellucci (Goodreads Author), Jim Rugg (Illustrator) 3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 1,035 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beige 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 954 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen of Cool 3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 454 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Day on Earth 3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 418 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year of the Beasts by Cecil Castellucci (Goodreads Author), Nate Powell (Illustrations) 3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rose Sees Red 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 345 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grandma's Gloves by Cecil Castellucci (Goodreads Author), Julia Denos (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 102 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Odd Duck by Cecil Castellucci (Goodreads Author), Sara Varon (Illustrations) 4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Janes (2 books)
by Cecil Castellucci (Goodreads Author), Jim Rugg (Illustrator)
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Ellerbisms

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Fables, Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons

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The Jade Peony

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Quotes by Cecil Castellucci

“Silent is the ruined land.
Man is brutal
and the rain does not wash away
the pain
or rid the distant memory.
It makes it glisten.”
― Cecil Castellucci, Boy Proof

tags: earth, life, pain, world

19 people liked it

“I took that smile and I put it right where the hole in my chest was. It was better than coffee, or chocolate, or a perfect pirouette. I clutched it and held it tight.”
― Cecil Castellucci, Rose Sees Red

tags: consolation

18 people liked it

“It's a fact of life. Hearts are always hurting. And yet they still keep pumping.”
― Cecil Castellucci, The Plain Janes

14 people liked it

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Quotes Cecil Likes

“Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt! May your eyes never shed such stormy, scalding, heart-wrung tears as poured from mine. May you never appeal to Heaven in prayers so hopeless and so agised as in that hour left my lips: for never may you, like me, dread to be the instrument of evil to what you wholly love.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: heartbreak, integrity, love

628 people liked it