Jerry Spinelli
Paperback | Pages: 186 pages Rating: 3.76 | 282212 Users | 13920 Reviews
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| Title | : | Stargirl (Stargirl #1) |
| Author | : | Jerry Spinelli |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 186 pages |
| Published | : | September 2002 by Scholastic (first published August 8th 2000) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. France. Classics. European Literature. French Literature |
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A celebration of nonconformity; a tense, emotional tale about the fleeting, cruel nature of popularity--and the thrill and inspiration of first love. Ages 12+Leo Borlock follows the unspoken rule at Mica Area High School: don't stand out--under any circumstances! Then Stargirl arrives at Mica High and everything changes--for Leo and for the entire school. After 15 years of home schooling, Stargirl bursts into tenth grade in an explosion of color and a clatter of ukulele music, enchanting the Mica student body.
But the delicate scales of popularity suddenly shift, and Stargirl is shunned for everything that makes her different. Somewhere in the midst of Stargirl's arrival and rise and fall, normal Leo Borlock has tumbled into love with her.
In a celebration of nonconformity, Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about the fleeting, cruel nature of popularity--and the thrill and inspiration of first love.
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| Original Title: | Stargirl |
| ISBN: | 0439488400 (ISBN13: 9780439488402) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Stargirl #1 |
| Characters: | Stargirl Caraway, Leo Borlock |
| Setting: | United States of America Arizona(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Book Sense Book of the Year Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2001), South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult Book Award (2003), Grand Canyon Reader Award for Teen Book (2003), Charlotte Award (2004), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2002) Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award Nominee (2001), Iowa Teen Award (2003), Lincoln Award Nominee (2006) |
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Ratings: 3.76 From 282212 Users | 13920 ReviewsColumn About Books Stargirl (Stargirl #1)
This is one of those rare reads where you can allow your heart to open up wide and let the story sink deep. A series for every teenage girl: just reading it makes you a better person, teaching you to laugh, to listen, to enjoy, to love, to care...In spite of the attractive eccentricity of the main character, Stargirl is more real than any other book for teens. It is set in the erratic climate of teen emotions, realistically depicted through ordinary events and conversations. These areReviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.comStargirl 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,
Wow. Wow wow wow. This was my first time ever reading this and I loved it SO MUCH. Such a great story. I'll definitely be rereading this in the future.
I think that that is just Stargirls personality. I dont think its the authors fault, but overall I agree with you.
Very sweet. I had this book lying around and picked it up to give myself a break from the Holocaust Monster I've been chipping away at for the past month, and it definitely did the trick. The kids seem a little innocent - more like elementary school than high school - but dammit why CAN'T there be beautiful and magical teenagers who hold hands at the movies and give their friends cupcakes and valentines? Why do they have to do drugs and have sex and be JERKS all the time?
"We joined her as she sang 'Happy Birthday' to us in the lunchroom. We heard her greet us in the hallways and classrooms, and we wondered how she knew our names and our birthdays. Her caught-in-the-headlights eyes gave her a look of perpetual astonishment, so that we found ourselves turning and looking back over our shoulders, wondering what we were missing.She laughed when there was no joke. She danced when there was no music. She had no friends, yet she was the friendliest person in school.In
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