Stargirl

Rating:
Summary: 5 Stars for Stargirl
Review: Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli, is a novel that manifests nonconformity and popularity, and is as entertaining to a reader as Mica High School initially reacted toward that strange new student focused in this novel. That student called herself Stargirl. I enjoyed reading about this character and her unusual behavior, and the difference that she had from the rest of society would make me ponder with three of the four W's. Who was this 'Stargirl'? Where did she come from? And why was she acting the way that she did? These were only the general questions that sparked a lot of my potential interest and curiosity for this book. She is extremely unique, generous and unselfish that it is weird and uncanny. In her homeroom class, she decorates her desk with a vase of flowers, begins such random subjects such as speaking of seahorses and stars, sings Happy Birthday to students in the cafeteria and sends special cards to strangers. She also brings her pet rat to school, dances in the rain for the world to see and roots for the opposing basketball team. There were even more abnormal things that she did. That's what I believe makes this novel so interesting. It was almost equally entertaining to see how people were affected. At times they would love her and at times they would hate her. Toward the beginning of the novel, many tried to imitate her. Spinelli described the students' reactions and conversations concerning Stargirl very well. In talking about affecting other people, Leo Borlock, or the other protagonist and narrator of this story, had a conversation with Stargirl about how, at the time, she was negatively affecting other people because she wasn't acting normal. In this section of the book, I especially liked the humor because the conversation basically consisted of Stargirl's "Whys" and "Why Nots" and Leo's 'having to explain everything' responses. There were also many other comical encounters and other feelings that I could experience throughout this book. When Stargirl invited Leo to her house for dinner one evening, I felt it would be interesting to see where she lived and what her parents would be like, because she was so strange. Stargirl reminded me of Clarisse McClellan from Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury. They are both unique in personality, they introduce unimportant thoughts, do things freely and are nonconformists. They lead their own way of life contrary to the rest of society, and they are not too far apart in age as well. Stargirl was better than I expected. I was surprised to the start of this book because I predicted that Stargirl would be the narrator. The narrator was a boy, and his name was Leo Borlock. I was also amazed to see Stargirl enter the novel so quickly and to the fact that she was actually called Stargirl. I really enjoyed this book, and I wanted to read it every chance I got. I am glad I read it because it was one of the books that I've seen and heard about often.

Rating:
Summary: One of best books, If not the best.
Review: This book is a book you cannot put down from beginning to end. I read this all in one day and I am not much of a reader. I'm glad I picked this up. Spinelli really makes you feel like you are going through what the characters are going through. I HIGHLY recommend reading this book.

Rating:
Summary: It just never seemed to end.
Review: I hated this book. It was poorly written. It was overly dramatic and lacked plot twists or anything else to break the never ending fog of this book. StarGirl goes from endearing to annoying very quickly because of her purposely one sided personallity. Leo was too self-rightous. By the time you made it to the end, luckily it only took me one day, the only reason you cared whether they end up together is so that we will be saved from a sequal. It all seemed like an episode of 7th Heaven on drugs.

Rating:
Summary: Starry Eyed over Stargirl!
Review: Stargirl is the quintessential book about developing "self" identity in a world full of plastic, artificial shams (all the other teenagers, wannabes, queen bees, jocks, nerds, etcetra). Stargirl (Susan) values authenticity over "normal and pretentious". This book is ideal for teenagers and others who have not yet come to grips with being themselves. Too bad Spinelli did not have Susan stating, "You become emancipated from the "group" when you care less about what others think of you and more about what you think of others".

Rating:
Summary: Don't read this and waste your time
Review: It was stupid.....really boring (yawn)... very dramatic about highschool....star-girl was a werido...in life we would probably be friends...(yawn) Blah. Don't read it. Totally stupid and unrealistic.

Rating:
Summary: Tears
Review: This is the best book, I have read in my whole life. Stargirl, is about a teenage girl, who is very unique. Shes stands out, for she never follows the crowd. Her and her pet Rat, fall in love with a boy named Leo. He to is shunned bu everyonje, when he starts dating her. Although they are madly in love, Leo is conserned for his social states. Stargirl, is a great book, that has a lot of emotion. I was even crying sielently in the end. Normally i don't review books,or anything else, but this book really reached out to me. I just had to tell everyone, to read this masterpiece.

Rating:
Summary: Good Book
Review: The first thing that appealed to me about this book was the cover because the way the title was written was very interesting and original and it describes exactly "StarGirl" because that's how she was.

I thought it proved a good point about how we shouldn't judge people because of how they look but instead get to know them better and accept them for who they are. And also that you should accept people the way they are because they are unique and StarGirl could relate to a lot of people but to a certain extent some things she did I admit would be pretty weird...like for example to have someone go around singing happy birthday to people with a ukulele, or someone that takes pictures of people to make a scrapbook of their lives. The main point was that she always put others first and cared a lot about other people.

The way this book was written was very nice, I liked the words and expressions Jerry Spinelli used when he described her to things and when he said that they tried to pin her down like a butterfly but she flew away.

I wish the ending was sort of different and somehow talked about her more and what she was up to but besides that it was a very interesting book.

Rating:
Summary: stargirl
Review: Star girl is about a girl who is new at Mica High. She is unique, and is really clueless of what is cool and not. She starts to fit in because of her weirdness. Becomes the most popular girl and dosn't even know. She went to cheer for both teams at the basketball game. Everyone is mad at her and she practically loses all her friends.Except Leo, tells her how to be normal including clothes , team spirit,and just normal. She goes through high school learning happily to be herself.

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Summary: Stargirl Book Review
Review: Stargirl is an interesting book we (...) thought it was a little confusing.Stargirl is her own person in her own world. Leo is a normal high school student who is falling in love with Stargirl. Stargirl falles in love with Leo also.Stargirl doesn't try to be perfect for other people.Leo and Stargirl are a wierd but good couple. All in all Stargirl was an ok book.

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Summary: Stargirl The Best Book Ever!
Review: I really enjoyed reading this book. Jerry has a great way of writing details and describing characters. He is a great writer and this is one of my all time favorites of him. This is a great book for 6th-7th graders who are into fantasy and reality at the same time if you like teen drama tied in with romance this is the perfect book for you.I hope who ever takes my advice and reads this book enjoys it because I know I did!