188 pages
Published Nov. 21, 2002 by Scholastic Inc..
Stargirl (Stargirl #1)
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A celebration of nonconformity; a tense, emotional tale about the fleeting, cruel nature of popularity--and the thrill and inspiration of first love. Ages 12+
Leo Borlock follows the unspoken rule at Mica Area High School: don't stand out--under any circumstances! Then Stargirl arrives at Mica High and everything changes--for Leo and for the entire school. After 15 years of home schooling, Stargirl bursts into tenth grade in an explosion of color and a clatter of ukulele music, enchanting the Mica student body.
But the delicate scales of popularity suddenly shift, and Stargirl is shunned for everything that makes her different. Somewhere in the midst of Stargirl's arrival and rise and fall, normal Leo Borlock has tumbled into love with her.
In a celebration of nonconformity, Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about the fleeting, cruel nature of popularity--and the thrill and inspiration of first love.
Subjects
- Individuality -- Fiction.
- Popularity -- Fiction.
- Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction.
- High schools -- Fiction.
- Schools -- Fiction.
- Individuality -- Juvenile fiction.
- Popularity -- Juvenile fiction.
- Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Juvenile fiction.
- High schools -- Juvenile fiction.
- Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
- Arizona -- Fiction.
- Arizona -- Juvenile fiction.