I cannot really say anything about this since I read it like a few years ago, but I feel like writing something anyway. Every time I visit this page, I feel a wave of Nostalgia, I remember reading this as a 7th grader and absolutely falling in love. But I feel the pain of the ending of this book as ...
Between finishing the book and writing this review, I attended my bookstore's teen book club's meeting where we discussed this book. As in the best discussions, it changed my view of the book slightly. Stargirl arrives at Mica Area High School. She's different. Really different. Pet rat and pio...
I could really intify with the main character aas someone who just wanted to fit in at school and yet was just a bit different. If only we didn't always feel like we had to conform, high school might have been more fun. I really enjoyed this book and think that all high school kids should read it.
Stargirl is a self-named, homeschooled 15 year old girl, who decides to go to high school in order to make friends. She is different from her peers in so many ways. She dresses in costumes, carries around her pet rat, plays the ukulele, and is oblivious to social cues. At first, no one at school kno...
WARNING: SPOILERS (kind of.) Oh god, I was in love with this book when I was younger. It's a great representation of how kids in middle school, high school, hell any age really, treat others, as well as how they act, and treat those who don't adhere to the social norms. I really like the two protago...
by Jerry SpinelliOpening line--"When I was little, my uncle Pete had a necktie with a porcupine painted on it."From the front flap: "Stargirl. She's as magical as the desert sky. As strange as her pet rat. As mysterious as her own name. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color...
There's something about a good YA book that makes it very moving. It's not just nostalgia for the adult readers, because the really good YA books touch on something that transcends that, and speaks to both younger and older readers. I think it has to do with truth, and the way in which we sometime...
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