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Summary: STARGIRL IS DESCRIPTIVE, TOUCHING, AND UNIQUE.
Review: Stargirl has to be the best book I have ever read. Jerry Spinelli has coem up with some of the most creative analogies, and descriptions, in this book. You will also fall in love with the charachters. Stargirl puts "us", meaning humanity, to shame. Stargirl is unearthly, in her selfless acts of kindness, and in her sheer originality. What's amazing is, even though Spinelli portrays her as the real image of humanity, and seems as distant from humanity as possible. We are a broken image of the real "us", which is actually "I". It speaks truth, about how we have lost ourselves in conformity. Leo, who truly loves Stargirl, can't handle her. Stargirl is so unique, and open. Leo is symbolic of anybody who is normal. We don't, or can't, accept or fully understand those who are true, hardcore, individuals. This book is deep, touching, and it will open your eyes, to what is, and what is not "normal".
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Summary: Hopeful Stranger
Review: To be honest this book should be the best seller of the New York Times. When I first read this book it didn't seem like a good book but never judge a book by its cover. A boy on his way to self discovery of his own self involvement in the world around him shows the meaning of a new way he looks at life itself and to understand the mysterious ways of the universe. The girl in this book knows how it feels to be an outcast in a small town in Arizona. The author which wrote this book has a full understanding of what the characters are going through. For example the author wrote this book about his wife's free and imaginative spirit. I recommend this book to all ages.
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Summary: a star book for a stargirl
Review: When I first picked up Stargirl, I thought it would be some book about a weird preppy girl who thinks she's all that, trying to make it through the world without her makeup kit or something.I was wrong. Stargirl is an extraordinary book showing the paradigms of a high school society, and how we, as a group of people, adapt to change. Anything out of the ordinary is considered a trick, something weird and dangerous that you should always stay away from. In this book you see that being overly kind and thoughtful can make you an outcast because people aren't used to it, and what they aren't used to, they don't like. Stargirl Caraway has one huge goal: to care about every little thing that goes on in town. She feels the feelings of people, she cries about a stranger when he dies, is happier than most when a kid gets out of the hospital, she's happy when everybody's well and alive. Her compassion for everybody, friends and enemies of friends, gets her in trouble, and soon this nice but odd girl becomes an outcast at school, with only her best friend Dori and her boyfriend Leo Borlock, through who's eyes this story is told. Stargirl does everything to become liked again, just to make Leo happy. However, the damage has been done, and she then moves away. Leo spends the rest of his life pondering over the strangeness of that girl, and at the end of the story you have to think... would you have hated her for being her?
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Summary: No title
Review: Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli is a story about a high school girl in Arizona who has just stepped out of her home-schooling cage and into the real world. Now if only it were more real. I thought this book was mediocre in its overall composition. This book (to me at least) was not particularly well-written. It had similes and metaphors and all that jazz, but nothing that really seemed to stand out. Second of all, I thought that it took a really long time to build up. Also, I found that, in hindsight, a lot of this book was extremely unrealistic. This book's possibly only good feature is the plot. Good thing, too, because the writing sure wasn't doing anything for me! Sure, he uses the metaphor of Cinnamon's eyes to peppercorns, and that's all fine and dandy. Problem is, he uses that same metaphor over and over and over again. As far as descriptive writing goes, I saw very few really good examples of it in this book. It's certainly nothing compared to Tolkien. Another bad thing is that it takes a wile to get to the good parts. It takes seventeen (Seventeen!) chapters just to start getting to the good stuff. There seemed to me to be an awful lot of fluff. The first half of the book was the worst, most boring part of the story. It took me a long time to read because of that. The biggest and most annoying fault in this book is its tendency to be contrary to reality. Especially during the second half of the book where the whole school was shunning her with the exception of about five people. Yeah, right. An entire school is going to unanimously decide to stop talking to one person. Come on, how long can these people hold a grudge?! That's just the tip of the iceberg, too. So basically I loathed the book, and I encourage you to loathe it, too. Hate it for its outlandish turquoise cover and its dull and boring contents. Shun it for its failed attempt to capture reality, and its ordinarily written paragraphs, and small type. I would not recommend this book to anyone except the person who has read all of the other books in the world.
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Summary: Stargirl - A *Star* Novel
Review: An inspirational story, stirrring the hearts of hundreds, Stargirl is a perfect novel weaved together by Jerry Spinelli, and is a novel that I was enchanted reading. This author's characterization, writing descriptiveness, and command of language are the elements that make this book wonderful.
Initially, his descriptions of Stargirl's boldness and uniqueness, that causes her to be shunned by her own fellow classmates in her new highschool, and also causes her to shine brilliantly above her peers, are very descriptive. For example, the author gives details about her keen curiosity, her natural command of speech, her immediate friendliness, her bag with a painted flower, her rat, and her ukulele that she carries to school, all which adds to her overall bold image. Additionally, the author's descriptive writing has made this book very interesting. For instance, he describes everyone at the Mica Highschool, saying that they are like a rubberband, wearing the same clothes, talking the same way, eating the same food, and listening to the same music, yet in the one moment when they would happen to distinguish themselves, they would snap right back. Lastly, the author's language is what pulls together this whole book. This novel is seen through 16 year old Leo Borlock's point of view, who is the narrator of the story. So the language and the perspective of the story are of a 16 year old, making the story very interesting to read. All in all, Stargirl is a fantastic book and should be read by everyone, because of the detailed character descriptions, descriptive writing style, and the author's language. With a mixture of all of these elements, this novel is phenomenal as it portrays that it is good to be true to yourself.
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Summary: Stargirl review by ruby
Review: If you are looking for a thoroughly depressing book about the evils of high school social classes, look no further. You have found Stargirl, a freshman who dares to defy the normal order of her high school and goes out of her way to be nice to people. Everyone in Stargirl's high school, besides her boyfriend Leo, and her friend Dori, hates her. The story is told by Leo, who makes Stargirl sound so hopeless and pathetic that you'll want to rip the book to pieces. Although it is a fictional story, no "higher class" student treats their peers like the dirt they make Stargirl out to be. Incredibly dull and dreary, Stargirl is filled with boring details and similes that leave you depressed and unhappy. This is one book to leave at home.
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Summary: One-of-a-kind MUST READ for ALL AGES
Review: I'm 30 years old and found this book to be timeless and beyond its years. It came to my attention by way of being featured on the front page of Amazon.com the day I visited. Stargirl represents both what we used to be and what we could be if we embraced our true selves. Oh what a planet this would be! It is global in its message and appropriate for us to read especially at this time in our world. A quick "light" read with a rich and deep message. I cannot say enough good things about it. You will wish she were real, but if you can only meet her in this book, you'll be much better off.
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Summary: I speak for many readers.
Review: When I read this book, my mom was looking on the top seller's list ... for a birthday present. I, being a picky teen guy, am hard to find a good gift for I won't complain about. When I received ... box, I thought, "oh man.. another bad gift.." but I read it anyway, not wanting to offend my mother. I have to say, Stargirl touched me like no other book has, and is still my number 1 favorite book. I look forward to getting other books by this author. When I shared my thoughts with my friends, they purchased the book and read it and they all agree that Jerry Spinelli is a fantastic author, and has a way with sentences that makes you hold on to the book and not want to put it down. I read this book in one night, and due to Jerry's awesome righting skills, I stayed up all night on the night before a test because I was addicted to this book and scored a 75% on the test, but I'm not accusing Jerry, I think it was my thirst for good books that kept me up. Even as i came close to the end of the book, I came to the last page and didn't want it to end, this is a book that keeps you wanting more, as if the story shouldn't end before it does. My good friend quotes, "I couldn't put the book down and at the end, I was crying. I think the writer intended it to be that way, but when I was nearing the end and began to figure out how he was going to finish the book, I cried because the ending was so sad and you didn't want to it to end and watch StarGirl go away. You wanted her to stay and not leave because she had that certain affect on a person, including the reader. By the end of the book, I was wanting more, never realizing how much this character in a book meant to me. The author makes you want more because you can't stand it if she's not there. And he plays with your emotions when he wrote the last sentence stating that she's still StarGirl. After all those years and people putting her down, she's still StarGirl and she still loves Leo in her own StarGirl way. You close the book feeling like Leo- wanting a second chance; wanting a second chance with her." -Lizz
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Summary: #1 star girl!
Review: Star Girl is probably the best book anyone could read. The author jerry spinelli described a character so real you almost want to be her. It's about a girl named stargirl caraway and she enters sophomore year like no other girl. she's been homeschooled and once she arrives the whole school is raving about her. Leo knows shes different but secretly falls in love with her. He's force to decided and answer a question , "Do you value the affection of the one you love or others?". Leo and Stargirl get together but Leo is mixed with so many emotions. Once i started reading the book i couldn't even put it down until i finished it. It's sad and happy all at once.
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Summary: Catchy from Start to End
Review: A Review by Tracy Stargirl was a different girl. She did not care what other people thought, but yet she made it on the cheer squad. Leo was the producer of this show called Hot Seat. He and his friend Kevin made it up for the entertainment of the school. See Mica Area high School was running dry of school spirit. See they had none. So Leo and Kevin where convinced that Stargirl was placed here to bring a little school spirit in the school. But later on in the book Leo and Stargirl start to fall in very deep like. One thing I really liked about this book was the setting. It took place in Arizona and I grew up in Arizona for 11 years. So I could under stand what they meant when they talked about the area around with the weather to the plant life. Another thing I liked was the character Stargirl. She is a very down to earth girl. Even thought people thought she was from outer space or her parent where hippies she still didn't care what other people thought. And finally. The very being of the story when Leo is rushing around yelling at Kevin asking if he has seen her like she was an angel that fell from the sky. I would highly recommend this book to anyone. It was a great book and it was not too slow or too fast. I gave this book a 5 because I really don't like to read but this book was just catchy from start to end.
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