Do you ever feel like you have to fit in with a group? Do you ever wonder what other people think of you? Not Stargirl Caraway, the title character of this novel. Leo Borlock, the narrator and classmate of Stargirl, never broke free from the crowd, and neither did anyone else. No one at Mica Area High School tried to be different. They followed everyone else, until one day, when a particular student joined the school and shook things up.
On Stargirl's first day at MAHS, she comes wearing a long white peasant dress. She covers her school desk with a colored cloth and a daisy in vase. At lunch, she hands out cookies and serenades people for their birthdays. She has a pet rat. No one knows quite what to make of her.
Somehow (you'll have to read the book to find out) she becomes popular. People find her entertaining. The high school hallways become filled with smiles, color, and originality. But her popularity is only shortlived. When Stargirl's crazy actions become too out of hand, people start disliking her. What does she do next? Does she stay true to herself or try to fit in? You'll have to read the book to find out.
I loved this book because Stargirl is such a sweet character. She believes in herself and doesn't care what other people think of her. She knows who she is and doesn't try to let others change her. I wish she were a real person, because she would be a perfect nomination for the 25 Beautiful Girls!
Read it!
9 comments:
th@s really cool i will read it!
My class had this book for lititure study I really want to read it now
-Charlotte
Jerry Spinelli, the author of Stargirl, is my friend's grandfather!
-E
i love this book, it is really interesting! if you haven't already, read it!!!!
I could not get into this book and only read half of the book
I love this book.
Ive read it like a million times
and i dont regreet it.
Sometimes i wish she were too, and that there could be a second part to the book;
Stargirl: Rises Again
and im desperate! truth is, this book is amazing, perrhaps the best!
read it!
AHhhhh!!! World's best book!!!
ok! I'll read it!
did u know that stargirl is going to come out as a movie? it is said that it is being planned right now and it will be released in 2008(that's what they are expecting anyway)
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