Kid Review: Stargirl
Kid Reporter's summer reads include Jerry Spinelli's classic, Stargirl.
"She was elusive. She was today. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the fitting shadow of an elf owl. We did not know what to make of her. In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew."
She was Stargirl.
For a day, I was tangled in the pages of Stargirl, a book written by Jerry Spinelli. I sat on my bed and couldn't stop reading. Spinelli doesn't drag you from chapter to chapter — he has you running to catch up.
Stargirl is a book about a girl who's different from anyone else. In the book, Stargirl has been home-schooled all her life. At her new school, everyone is the same and only cares about their own business.
The other kids are shocked when Stargirl sings "Happy Birthday" in the cafeteria with her ukulele to people she doesn't know, leaves packages and gifts on doorsteps with no card, and cheers for both teams at sporting events. They don't know what to make of someone so different, and as the story unfolds Stargirl has to make a decision about just how important being "accepted" really is.
She was different all right, and I would recommend Stargirl to anyone because the book is different, too. It didn't have any adventure or big action scenes, but I still couldn't put the book down. The writing is radiant, and the characters seem so real.
Everyone is different, and everyone has a Stargirl inside of them. Reading this book, the Stargirl that's in you will come out.
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I love love love this book! I just love Jerry Spinelli books in general.
Comment #1 | Posted by: stonefairy on July 07, 2011 at 04:37 PM
Oh I read this last year! It's really cute!
Comment #2 | Posted by: DuskZombie1 on July 07, 2011 at 07:35 PM
sounds like a great book. Have to pick up a copy.
Comment #3 | Posted by: Zoe on July 07, 2011 at 07:56 PM
I LOVED Stargirl! It's one of my favorites!
Comment #4 | Posted by: Clara on July 07, 2011 at 08:28 PM
stargirl is an amazing,awesome book!!! everyone should read it!!
Comment #5 | Posted by: 44maplesyrup on July 08, 2011 at 04:03 AM
I absolutley love that book! I read it last year and it changedmy whole life. I learned that ishould be respectful!
Comment #6 | Posted by: craters2 on July 08, 2011 at 08:42 AM
I read it about a year ago. I was AMZING!
Comment #7 | Posted by: High_tide on July 08, 2011 at 09:37 AM
That's on my summer reading list! I have to read it!
Comment #8 | Posted by: JadeDragon49 on July 08, 2011 at 11:46 AM
Sounds like a great book!
Comment #9 | Posted by: ladygurl123 on July 08, 2011 at 01:00 PM
This was a good book, but I hated the ending. It had no closure, and I wanted to find out what happened next.
Comment #10 | Posted by: autumnapplebelly on July 08, 2011 at 06:04 PM
It was beatifully written. I LOVE IT!!!!
Comment #11 | Posted by: artblack99 on July 08, 2011 at 08:00 PM
I love this book. Stargirl is so unique and does not care about what others think about her. One of my favorite books!
Comment #12 | Posted by: delightedathena1 on July 08, 2011 at 08:08 PM
U would think tht fire girl book would b by Jerry spalli and btw fire girl is better
Comment #13 | Posted by: Ashly on July 09, 2011 at 01:22 AM
I LOVED THIS BOOK!
Comment #14 | Posted by: happypeople(: on July 09, 2011 at 03:46 AM
I'm gonna get it ASAP!
Comment #15 | Posted by: ashi1 on July 09, 2011 at 09:59 AM
OMG this book is AMAZING i loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment #16 | Posted by: Eskimo Zebra on July 10, 2011 at 01:26 AM
Stargirl was relly good but the sequel, Love, Stargirl was kinda boring.
Comment #17 | Posted by: mintchocolatechip100 on July 10, 2011 at 09:42 AM
i read this book last year. It's an amazing book. Even the sequel is awesome. I couldn't stop after I started reading the book.
Comment #18 | Posted by: Hriju on July 10, 2011 at 12:14 PM
May I please say, I really like this book! It changed me a little. May I please say, I would suggest that anyone can/ should read this wonderful book. ^-^
Comment #19 | Posted by: Shadow Cat on July 10, 2011 at 06:59 PM
I loved this book! It inspired me to be who i want to be - to be unique and not like others
Comment #20 | Posted by: brooke on July 12, 2011 at 01:51 PM
I read stargirl, but firegirl is a much better book...I liked it more. ^-^
Comment #21 | Posted by: candyfairy11 on July 12, 2011 at 08:47 PM
I got this book for free at my school and i loved loved loved it!!! I thought that it was pretty sad at the end though, I don't think I'll ever meet a 'stargirl' in real life though :( Stargirl ROCKS!
-summereader
Comment #22 | Posted by: summereader on July 15, 2011 at 02:43 PM
Tried to read this book and i think it was just awful, very childish
Comment #23 | Posted by: Belle on July 15, 2011 at 02:43 PM
this book was really great and i like it star girl the title was really good
Comment #24 | Posted by: anika on July 15, 2011 at 05:15 PM
Coolio. I'll have to read it. :)
Comment #25 | Posted by: Asdffdsa on July 15, 2011 at 06:12 PM