We all grew up with this person . . . the one who refused to conform, who wore "weird" clothes and did "strange" things. Chances are though that your entire school never got caught up in a hero worship of that person like they do in Jerry Spinelli's Stargirl. Stargirl Caraway wears prairie skirts, plays the ukulele and sings on everyone's birthday, and carries her pet rat Cinnamon in her backpack. The whole school falls in love with her after she joins the marching band for an impromptu performance at the football game . . . and she begins to inspire the students at Mica High to be "individuals." Stargirl decides she'll fall in love with Leo Borlock, our narrator, and it seems like he never had a chance not to feel the same way. Unfortunately, the fascination with Stargirl is just a fad and the students turn on her just as fast as they turned to her. Leo gets caught in the middle of the people he grew up with and his first love, trying his best to do the right thing.
A New York Times Bestseller and Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year, I agree with the Kirkus Review that Jerry Spinelli has created "a magical and heartbreaking tale."
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