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Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli
Stargirl
He doesn’t want her to change, she’s Stargirl, as unkown as the stars that share her name. The quiet town of Mica isn’t prepared for the chaos that ensues with the enrollment of a new student with unusual ways; her name is Susan "Stargirl" Caraway. The sense of normality is swept away when she moves to town. She is like a breath of fresh air to the tired, old town. Leo Borlock falls head over heels with her and her eccentric behavior. Stargirl is idolized until everything goes wrong. After mishaps at basketball games, Hillari Kimball gets the School to change back to how it was before, with one exception, Stargirl refuses to change. The welcoming community turns on her for the very thing that made her popular, her kind but weird ways. The whole school starts shunning the outsider that dares to threaten their conventional ways. Leo takes a leap of faith to save her by making her ordinary. Stargirl changes to Susan Caraway, and hard work goes into making her as normal as she can be. But it was not meant to be.
This book was not the best book I have ever read in my short life. Although the plot line was not predictable, it was almost too unpredictable. The story line didn’t make sense to me because he, Jerry Spinneli, didn’t focus long enough on certain details that made it confusing. The spur of the moment ending left me in the dark groping for more information. I could connect to some of the characters. Kevin was very much like me because he stayed out of the fighting and he loved being in the spot light. Both of those things apply to me. I could also connect slightly to Stargirl when she got shunned by the school. I know what it feels like to be ignored by a group of people. Archie was to be crowned my most liked character in this novel. He was not down to Earth and very wise. My favorite part of the story was when attendees of the dance did the bunny hop into the desert night, it was refreshing. I would change how this would end. Wrapping up loose ends and turning it into a traditional happy, romantic ending are some of the things I would edit into it.
I would recommend this book to peoples in the 10 to 12 age range. It is an easy read that could entertain the more sentimental types of humans. The book would appeal to people who enjoy books such as, The Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Twilight. I would not recommend this book to people who like to read books with more interesting plot lines. This book was not very good, I would call it merely passable.
He doesn’t want her to change, she’s Stargirl, as unkown as the stars that share her name. The quiet town of Mica isn’t prepared for the chaos that ensues with the enrollment of a new student with unusual ways; her name is Susan "Stargirl" Caraway. The sense of normality is swept away when she moves to town. She is like a breath of fresh air to the tired, old town. Leo Borlock falls head over heels with her and her eccentric behavior. Stargirl is idolized until everything goes wrong. After mishaps at basketball games, Hillari Kimball gets the School to change back to how it was before, with one exception, Stargirl refuses to change. The welcoming community turns on her for the very thing that made her popular, her kind but weird ways. The whole school starts shunning the outsider that dares to threaten their conventional ways. Leo takes a leap of faith to save her by making her ordinary. Stargirl changes to Susan Caraway, and hard work goes into making her as normal as she can be. But it was not meant to be.
This book was not the best book I have ever read in my short life. Although the plot line was not predictable, it was almost too unpredictable. The story line didn’t make sense to me because he, Jerry Spinneli, didn’t focus long enough on certain details that made it confusing. The spur of the moment ending left me in the dark groping for more information. I could connect to some of the characters. Kevin was very much like me because he stayed out of the fighting and he loved being in the spot light. Both of those things apply to me. I could also connect slightly to Stargirl when she got shunned by the school. I know what it feels like to be ignored by a group of people. Archie was to be crowned my most liked character in this novel. He was not down to Earth and very wise. My favorite part of the story was when attendees of the dance did the bunny hop into the desert night, it was refreshing. I would change how this would end. Wrapping up loose ends and turning it into a traditional happy, romantic ending are some of the things I would edit into it.
I would recommend this book to peoples in the 10 to 12 age range. It is an easy read that could entertain the more sentimental types of humans. The book would appeal to people who enjoy books such as, The Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Twilight. I would not recommend this book to people who like to read books with more interesting plot lines. This book was not very good, I would call it merely passable.