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Summary: Life altering....
Review: It may seem silly, but this story has really changed my life. It makes you fell in love and it makes you cry, and it makes you desperate for something better and beautiful. I'm out of the 'young adult' range, but this really resurfaces some lost 'primitiveness' in us, which we all need. It echoed in my mind for days and days afterwards, and still has not left. Really - the best thing I've ever read.
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Summary: this is a great book!!!!!
Review: anyone thats looking for a good book for the summer this book is for you!!!! i read this book in only 3 days! this book is about indviuality and how others accept you. from this book i learned how to take time to make sure im and individual and also to take time for the little things in life! you wont want to put this book down!
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Summary: Difference Isn't Bad.
Review: When Stargirl Caraway enters the highschool in the town of Mica, everybody doesn't know how to react to her. Everyone in Mica High is the same. They dress the same, they eat the same, and they listen to the same music. Stargirl is nothing like them. She dresses up in big frilly dresses that fall to her feat, and she acts differently. Not badly though. At lunch, she sings "Happpy Birthday" with her ukilale and her pet rat, Cinnimon on her shoulder. The main character, Leo, is amazed by her, not scared like everyone else is. When Stargirl finally gets accepted, she goes through some tough times, and then some VERY tough times. But with the love of Leo, will she make it through High school?
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Summary: Great beginning, but in the end... :(
Review: When I began reading this book, I quickly got hooked into it; I became instantly identified with Stargirl, because she was different from the rest of her classmates... However, from the "Redrock" incident, the book's plot gets pretty twisted and sad;.... In the End, I was crying, holding the book close to my chest.
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Summary: EVERYONE of EVERY AGE must read this book.
Review: I am an adult who loves to read. This book must be read to yourself. It must be read aloud. It must be read aloud to your spouse, lover, friend, mother. To your children. Your adolescents should read it to themselves. IT MUST BE READ. It is a story of the ego and where it belongs. It incorporates the becoming of self, the individual's role in the world, in love... Everything. It is all there. Subtley, beautifully, layered and simply. Thank you Jerry. Truly.
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Summary: keep reading! it gets better
Review: I borrowed this from my friend leslie one day in study hall when i was bored, and after the first three chapters i couldn't put it down. What at first seems like a simple story turns into an intricate plot. The story of a new girl, an outsider, and her relationship with the people around her, one inparticular kept me reading until i finished the book. Although it had a slow start, this is one of the best books ive read in a while. a must buy
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Summary: I am in love with Star Girl!!!
Review: I knew that this book would be a new favorite before I even finished the synopses on the inside of the sleeve! A little while into it and I had decided that I loved it, after finishing it I knew that I would read it again right afterwards. Star Girl is the story of a sixteen year old free spirit who is uncompromising in her sense of self, the boy who both fears and adores her honesty and a world that refuses to except what it does not understand. If only all the books out there told such a rich story that could change the way of thinking of the reader no matter what their age! I cannot sing enough praises of Jerry Spinelli and his Star Girl.
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Summary: Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Review: "She was elusive. She was today. She was tommorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the fitting shadow of an elf owl." She was Stargirl. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli is a story of a person, that we are all afraid to be. She is the person inside we never let out, and she is not afraid to be that way. "On the contrary, she is one of us. Most decicedly. She is us more that we are us. She is, I think who we really are. Or were." (Page 32) The story takes place in a small town called Mica, Arizona, where Stargirl makes a great impact on the town and the people in her highschool. Her different style and her overly nice personality gives her the ability to gain many friends, and at the same time, lose friends. Although her unique personality is accepted at first, it is later rejected. The only person that loves her, is the most loyal of all, Leo Borlock. Will Stargirl every gain back her respect and love? To find out, read the book! This book was well written, and and the same time, easy to understand and read. "She won. As she had said she would. The silver plate they gave her twinkled like a starburst in a galaxy of flashing cameras. Two TV crews washed her in lights and interviewed her backstage. Strangers mobbed her, citizens of Pheonix gushing, telling her they had been coming to the contest for years and had never heard anything like it. Schoolchildren thrust programs in her face for autographs. Every parent wanted her for a daughter, every teacher for a student." (Page 157) I enjoyed this book because it taught me that people should be who they are, and they will be accepted. Don't try to be someone else, you will end up being rejected.
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Summary: Stargirl-- A Shimmering Star in the Sky
Review: On occasion, a person who is full of spirit and friendly towards all will mysteriously come into the lives of many, yet will be hated by most everyone. This notion was eloquently conveyed in Jerry Spinelli's riveting novel entitled Stargirl. The novel takes place in present day at Mica Area High School (MAHS), located in a small Arizona town called Mica. Until the time during which the book took place, MAHS seemed to be a pretty boring school where generally nothing out of the ordinary occurred. Everybody, even nerds and geeks, all behaved within more or less the same boundaries; they all dressed, talked, and acted alike, and anybody outside those limits "quickly snapped back into place like rubber bands" (Pg. 10). But then, Stargirl showed up! Stargirl, a friendly, perky, unique teenager who had been home schooled until this particular year, arrived at the Mica Area High School on the first day of the new school year to the glances and stares of bewildered students. No one had ever seen anyone so different, so unique. She dressed in extravagant clothing, sang "Happy Birthday" to those whose birthdays it was, and she spoke of topics no one had ever thought about before. She knew nothing of conformity. At first, all the students were interested in Stargirl. They began to follow her actions and enjoy life. She once went to one of the school's ever unpopular football games and danced and cheered up and down the sidelines as the football team played. The word of her appearance at the game quickly spread, and at the next game, over 1000 people showed up so that they could have the chance to see her show off her spirit! The cheerleading squad soon asked her to join and she gladly accepted. She began her "cheerleading career" just as the basketball season began. Friendly to all, Stargirl would cheer when the Electrons (Mica's team) made a basket, and also when the opposing team would score. During any other year, nobody would have been truly offended by her cheering for both teams, however, this particular year something amazing was happening. MAHS was winning their games for the first time ever, and people were beginning to feel that Stargirl's cheering for the opposing teams was a threat to the Electrons' success. People hated her for her happiness, her cheerfulness, and her spirit! The entire school body started ignoring her, or as they called it, giving her the "silent treatment." But they were not only shunning Stargirl herself, but also her boyfriend, Leo, who was a normal, happy teenager who truly loved Stargirl. However, the silence soon began driving Leo crazy...he could not take the rejection any longer. Leo avoided Stargirl whenever possible on school grounds, hoping that the students would think he had "abandoned" her and her crazy ways, and that they might begin talking to him again. Yet Stargirl quickly noticed Leo's constant absence and finally asked him what was wrong. "You don't seem to care what everybody thinks. You don't seem to know what everybody thinks," Leo responded desperately. "Something's gotta change...That's all I know." (Pg. 133) Spinelli's descriptions of Stargirl herself and the relentless conformity of the student body at Mica Area High School were painfully realistic, and reminded me that we, as people, must remember to be open-minded to others who are unique and extravagant, for often they have much to teach us. Spinelli describes the loving, gentle, Stargirl and the student body's impression of her in the following: "She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl. We did not know what to make of her. In our minds we tried to pin her to corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew." (Pg. 15)
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Summary: WOW! THIS IS GOOD! BLOODY GOOD!
Review: Ohmigod, this is great! I got back from U.S.A. one week ago, and brought back a bunch of good books. This was one my friend bought me for the plane ride, and everyone was starring at me because I was blubbering halfway into the flight! It was so good at the end, totally unexpected, and I thought it was so good, it doesn't need a sequel to complete it (Rare for me, huh?) ANyway, Stargirl is a very unique girl. She carries a rat in her bag, dresses in funky stuff, and embraces everyone and everything. I don't even want to give away the plot because it's too hard to describe. Trust me. It changed my life, and I bet it can change yours. I even skipped peanuts and a drink because I was too busy reading.
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