It just said she will send the letters, but she no longer hopes to be found by Leo. Well, of course this is normal for teenagers who just broke up with their exes, but still, this became repetitive and even irritating to the entire book. Twists are missing and there are many dull moments. It is way too simple, not too much complications, very light and easy to follow. You cannot really picture out Stargirl’s physical appearance because the writer focused on her personality. The greatest lesson you can learn from her is to be kind and just be yourself. She vents out all her feelings about Leo and all the people she met in town. It is an easy read because it’s like you’re inside the head of Stargirl and she really says everything. And pretty soon, it squeezes all the love out of your heart. If you keep feeding it more and more people, and the more it gets, the more it wants. Pretty soon you’ll hate a hundred people.ĥ. If you start by hating one or two people, you won’t be able to stop. Some of those moments may have had wonderful things in store for you, but now you’ll never know.Ĥ. You wake up the next morning and that today that you wasted is gone forever. Today is calling you, trying to get your attention, but you’re stuck on tomorrow, and today trickles away like water down a drain. She was surprised when many people showed up and these are all the people whom she has helped since her arrival.Īs an adult, this book has given me life lessons such as:ġ. It picks up where the previous novel left off after Stargirl left Mica High and describes her bittersweet memories in the town of Mica, Arizona along. The book is the sequel to the New York Times bestselling book, Stargirl, and centers on 'the world's longest letter' in diary form. It was a New York Times Bestseller, a Parents Choice Gold Award Winner, an ALA Top Ten Best Books for. Love, Stargirl is a 2007 young adult novel by Jerry Spinelli. Stargirl was well received by critics, who praised Stargirl's character and the novel's overall message of nonconformity. Stargirl meditates on a hill, before sunrise, writes poetry, makes friend with Dootsie – a 6-year old girl, Betty Lou (agoraphobic: a woman afraid to leave home), Alvina (a girl who beats up boys) Perry (a thief) and Charlie (an old man who sits by the grave of his wife every day.Īt the end of the novel, Stargirl hosts a massive Winter Solstice party. Stargirl is a young adult novel written by American author Jerry Spinelli and first published in 2000. This 17-year old teenager is homeschooled by her mother and goes with her dad to deliver milk. In its place is a more realistic girl with whom the reader can identify. Gone, for the most part, is that magically effervescent spirit that made her such an intriguing mystery.
She spends a good portion of the book pining for Leo, and feeling depressed and sad. Stargirl or Susan Caraway’s letters depict how she adjusts from Arizona to her new home, Pennsylvania. In LOVE, STARGIRL, Stargirl is a lot less confident than she seemed in the first book.
JERRY SPINELLI LOVE STARGIRL SERIES
As the title suggests, this is a series of letters written by Stargirl to her ex-boyfriend, Leo.
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