Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli is such a good book. This book is fiction, and young adult. Stargirl starts off with just your average high-schooler. In this case, his name is Leo. It's everyone's first day of school, and everything is going fine util he hears a name, Stargirl. Stargirl is definitely not you normal teenager. She's different. Stargirl sings during lunch, while she strums away on her ukuele. She also carries her pet rat around. And not just that, but somehow she knows everyones birthdays. So, she sings "happy birthday" to them in frot of everyone during lunchtime. Another thing that makes her different is her style in clothes. She wears things from the 1900s. Eventually the students all began to enjoy her company, and they grow to love her. Especially Leo. But they were also curious about where she came from, why her personality was so different. At school events, like basketball, she would cheer and cheer so much that it led the school to finals. And not just that, but the cheer captain offered her a sopt on the team, and Stargirl would soon become one of the most popular students in school. But, popularity doesn't last forever.Stargirl will delight you until its very last words. This book will keep you thinking. One thing that Jerry Spinelli teaches in this book is acceptance. Like I said before, Stargirl is different from all of the other students. But, that doesn't mean shes bad. The students accepted her for who she was, and they liked her that way. Sometimes Stargirl would be so strange that you would think to judge her, but then later on, she was strange for a reason. The author keeps you guessing about her for a reason that will be revealed at the end.
Another issue this book brings up is not caring what people think about you. Stargirl sure didn't. Even though some people thought she was just plain weird, and that she should stop her hobbies because she was different in a bad way, she didn't care. She didn't let popularity get to her, either. She stayed herself through the whole thing. No matter what people said. The author tell you that it doesn't matter what people think of you, if you're happy then don't change. He tells you this through this fun, memorable book.
I thought this book was so good, I keep reading it over and over again. It never gets old. The lessons taught in this book are life lessons tied into a fun, compelling, and just plain amazing book. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a great read. This book gets an A.
3 comments:
I also adore this book, but I quite disagree with several of the things you said about it. First of all, the other students blatantly reject and mock Stargirl- in no way do they accept her. Also, the interesting thing is that she does NOT stay true to herself throughout the whole book- she decides to be Susan instead for a short period during the story, and she actually does worry a little toward the middle of the book about what others think of her. Finally, I didn't feel like (and I've read this book over 15 times) Spinelli gave a reason for Stargirl's personality, and he didn't need one. That's just who she was. Though my thoughts on the story are very different from yours, I do agree with what you said about the end of the book- it teaches a beautiful, life-changing lesson and Stargirl is, in its entirety, a thought-provoking and enchanting novel.
This was one of the first books that got me into reading. It's so touching and beautiful. I just love Stargirl! When we were reading Flipped, I kept on thinking Juli was sort of like Stargirl, like how she sees beauty in everything.
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