Stargirl (Readers Circle) by Jerry Spinelli
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Book Reviews of Stargirl (Readers Circle)
Book Review: Spinelli does it again!
Summary: 5 Stars
One word - "Whoa". As Spinelli introduces Stargirl, everyone (including Leo, the main protagonist) is struck mute by her presence. Who is this girl? At quick glance she is a 10th grader, who has no sense of human conformity, follows no set of unsaid social rules, and dances to the beat of her own ukulele. Leo - drawn to her whimsical nature, admires her continuous strings of selfless good deeds and passionate energy, finds himself torn between his growing love for Stargirl and his own need to just fit in.
Stargirl is a tale about innocence, young love, and the fight to belong in a world that isn't completely accepting of non-conformity. Is it possible to be just like everyone else with out completely losing yourself? Leo, a typical teenage boy just wants to be accepted by his friends but knows the cost of loving someone so different, may mean having to live with out.
I feel wholeheartedly that this novel, a quick and easy, is something that every person should pick up and read. On the surface Jerry Spinelli spins an interesting coming-of-age novel, but underneath - so much more. A story fit for reading clubs - this story will have you searching for the Stargirl in every one of us.
Book Review: Stargirl Evaluation
Summary: 5 Stars
The genre, contemporary realistic fiction, is very appropriate for this book. A struggle that most teenagers struggle with during school is how to fit in, and be popular. This book takes you on the journey of Leo and his own struggles and makes it very easy for students to relate to him. The plot of this story was very good, and made you want to keep reading. You felt the way that Leo and Stargirl did throughout the story and you emphasized with them as well. The language used is probably appropriate for High School students, and would be a great choice for a literacy circle discussion. The book that I have, has questions at the back for discussion, and would be a great way to get the students involved. Jerry Spinelli, the author of this book, writes very well and makes it an easy read, as you are pulled into Leo and Stargirl's life in High School. Although many of us do not have a "Stargirl" at our own schools, the problems the students face, are still current in schools, and anyone in High School could relate. It gives students the ability to recognize that being different is not always a bad thing, and you can always learn something from someone else.Book Review: Five Stars for Stargirl!
Summary: 5 Stars
Jerry Spinelli has written another winner in Stargirl about a mysterious new student named Stargirl who is enrolled at a Mica Area High School in the Phoenix suburbs in Arizona. At first, Stargirl is welcomed and seen as a novelty. You have to wonder whether her name is real or if she is for real. Stargirl was homeschooled so high school is her first experience with teen socialization and it's world.
At first, Stargirl gets a lot of attention especially by the narrator in the novel. Stargirl is great read for young readers and adults alike about high school days. Spinelli has given us another winner with this novel. The reading is easy and fun at times.
There is a purpose to this novel. It's about being a teen with teen pressure. Stargirl feels compelled to become a cheerleader and popular. Then her rise to fame is as quickly her fall from grace in her society's views. She tries to rebuild herself by changing her name and looks.
Still, the story of a teen trying to fit in with peer pressure in high school. The truth is that you have to be true to yourself and we learn Stargirl's lesson painfully clear.
Book Review: Starbook
Summary: 5 Stars
This book broke my heart and healed it at the same time.
On the surface, this is a book about a very unusual teenage girl called Stargirl who has a rat named Cinnamon, a ukelele, a Happy Wheelbarrow, and very big blue eyes that "surround you." She pops into an average Arizona town called Mica and changes them all. The story is told from the perspective of the boy Leo, who collects porcupine neckties and falls in love with her.
At its heart, this book is about humanity, about compassion, about love, about the beauties of the world that most of us see every day and don't really notice. It's about erasing the line between me and you. It's about the forgotten sections of the newspaper, about "a fabulous millipede" of two hundred teenagers doing the bunny hop across a desert, about an old man nodding off at a shopping center bench.
Stargirl is one of the most unforgettable characters I have ever encountered in literature. All I can really say is that I fell in love with her. This is a book that changes you. Once you have "fallen into Stargirl's eyes" you don't come out the same.
Book Review: Stargirl
Summary: 5 Stars
"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. In our minds, we tried to pin her to corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew." There's a new girl at Mica Area High School. The students are baffled by how...different she is. She calls herself Stargirl, brings her pet rat to school in her pocket, and plays the ukulele in the lunchroom. Somehow, her presence completely changes everyone at school. This is a great book that I would reccomend to any young adult. Stargirl is a very realistic book. For the most part, it accurately shows how teenagers feel about their friends and popularity. One thing that isn't right, though, is that all the students seem to act like one unit. They all like Stargirl, or they all don't like her. There aren't many characters besides kid's whose name they only mention once or twice, but the main characters are very lifelike. This is one of my favorite books. It provides a new perspective on life and school. Reading Stargirl has definitely changed my life.