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Stargirl (Paperback)
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Short Description for StargirlStargirl. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur of "Stargirl, Stargirl." She captures Leo Borlock's heart with just one smile. She sparks a school-spirit revolution with just one cheer. The students of Mica High are enchanted. At first. Then they turn on her. Stargirl is suddenly shunned for everything that makes her different, ...
Full description- Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
- Published: 11 May 2004
- Format: Paperback 186 pages
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- Categories: Fiction | Health
- ISBN 13: 9780440416777 ISBN 10: 0440416779
- Sales rank: 16,822
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Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com
Stargirl Caraway is an enigma. She's the type of girl that you either love or hate--with no room for any emotions in between. When she first comes to the high-school as a sophomore in small town Mica, Arizona, her name reverberates throughout the hallways. What kind of a name is Stargirl? Was she really home-schooled for all these years, or did she just magically appear in Mica? How can she seem so calm, so serene, why eating quietly alone in the lunchroom, then strumming her ukulele as if all alone?
The boys in school are immediately struck by her quiet, unassuming beauty. The girls are both jealous of her innate naturalness and excited to have her enthusiasm in the school. For Leo Borlock, it's a mixture of fear and excitement that has him falling in love with the mysterious Stargirl--and a desire to see her on the Hot Seat, the in-school television show he runs with his best friend, Kevin.
The kids at school embrace Stargirl--her quirkiness, her individuality, her enthusiasm and exuberance for everything she does. She discovers friends and cheerleading, and she's popular. Popular, that is, until she starts rooting for the opposition, determined to bring joy and happiness to everyone, not just her home team. Suddenly, she's not the popular girl that everyone wants to be around. The same individuality that was once embraced is now snubbed, literally, by almost everyone in school. Except for Leo, who's in love with the enigmatic Stargirl, a girl who whole-heartedly loves him back.
Until Leo is forced to choose between the affections of an entire school full of classmates and the maybe-too-individual Stargirl. When faced with the choice of one person versus many, Leo might not be strong enough to make the right decision.
Jerry Spinelli has penned a book that goes straight to the heart of wanting to fit in, of sometimes being too good to believe, of life and love and heartbreak and the desire to be different, yet the same as everyone else. STARGIRL is a pure delight, and you won't be able to help being drawn into this very believable story, and it's truly unbelievable characters.
*Gold Star Award Winner! by TeensReadToo Aww
This book is just too amazing and wonderful and HAPPY!! sure there are a few things that make you go aww, but overall it is a very happy kind of book that makes you feel all yay inside. : ) I love it so much and I'm pretty sure anyone that reads it will too. at first when i saw it all over the place in middle school I was like "yeah, I don't think so, maybe another time" but then I gave it a shot in high school and I LOVED it!! It has a great story with amazing unforgettable characters that you will feel sorry for and wish you were more like, especially stargirl. she is so ..daring! she does things you wish you could do and makes you want to go out into the world and just not care about what people think about you as long as you're happy and you try to make others happy too. by T.V and Book Addict
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