Stargirl

Title: Stargirl

Author: Jerry Spinelli

Introduction: She also wrote the book “Loser”. It is similar to “Stargirl” because it has the same type of bullying and effects on the character, and they both have the same theme, and that is “always be your self and don’t think what others say about you”.

Summary: Leo is an eleventh grader and is the narrator in the story. He is a person that follows everyone else, liking the same style of clothing, listening the same type of music, eat the same food, and always talk about the same things. One the first day of school, everybody is talking about a new student in tenth grade name Susan “Stargirl” Caraway, who wore a ruffled old fashioned dress and it was long enough that it covered her shoes. At first everybody avoided her, because of her weirdness of her choice of style, bringing her ukulele and her pet rat Cinnamon. Despite fitting in with everyone, Leo sparked an interest with Stargirl and he just observed her from afar, not having the courage to talk to her. Hillari is one of the “popular” kids that go to school with Stargirl and she is a bully towards Stargirl because she is not “normal” and like her. While everyone is paying more attention to Stargirl, Hillari becomes jealous and starts rumors that Stargirl is acting in a fake way, and putting a show for everyone to watch.

Analysis/Review: If I were to give this book a rating, I would give it a 10 out of 10, because the content is wonderful and it shows what some teenagers go through everyday and the readers get to experience one of the story that a teenager go through sometimes. I would recommend this book to anyone that is going through a hard time in they're life, because this book will show you that being your self is not a bad thing at all, let other people accept for who you are.

Book Review by Jenny T.