What makes this stand out from the others is that as far as the reader knows, she has not done anything wrong. She also has no clue as to why people are being discriminatory towards her, hence why she has to ask her mom. What she has yet to learn is that
Stargirl, a novel by Jerry Spinelli, is a remarkable book that I could not put down. The author does a marvelous job of keeping the story interesting and entertaining to read by adding unexpected twists to the story, like when Stargirl became normal and then changed back to Stargirl again. While I was reading, I felt like I was in the story, like I was a student at Mica High School in Arizona. This is all thanks to the author’s stunning descriptions that included figurative language and superior word choice, like on page 85 when the author wrote, “In school I was a yellow balloon, smiling and lazy, floating above the classrooms.” This novel is not like anything I have ever read before.
One of the best books that I read a long time ago was a book called Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. The book is narrated by her fellow classmate Leo, takes no time to tell the readers about his love for porcupine ties. He begins his story introducing her, saying her name is Stargirl Caraway who is different from her classmates and the society around her. He observes her and finds out that she was homeschooled ever since first grade and she suddenly attends high school, leaving her class to cast suspicion on her. She has a rather unique sense of fashion, different interests and different behavior
As a freshman in highschool, I had never heard of Jane Harper, or read any of her books before this. My English teacher challenged me to pick up a book and read it. Instantly, the cover caught my eye. The book looked like a very compelling novel, so I decided to read it. It just came out in September of 2016, so it is a very new book.
I was also connected to the text more listening to her and how she tries to match her family experience to the family in the book. I noticed that she was very passionate about Japanese Internment camps, this made me want to strive to be passionate about the book as much as
Esme, Kayla, and their other CIT friends are on the hunt for this mysterious person, Lillian, that is terrorizing the camp. Little do the others know that it is all because of a secret kept by two 9 year old girls. In the end, Esme and Kayla face their secret head on and it ends in sad and unfortunate events for EVERYONE. The whole book talked about how
It showed that the pressure of always being perfect and beautiful was hard on her. I also liked that most students can relate to being pressured to be something they’re not. I disliked that I felt the length of the book on multiple occasions. I identified with Paige because I have also been pressured to be someone I don’t want to be. In the story, Paige is pressured to be perfect and make no mistakes and this often happens in real life.
"She wasn't coming." (pg 24) This explains all of the students bullied her and did not care, but when she made the games interesting, they were sad when she didn't come. They didn't cherish her when she was there. This shows that Leo and the student didn't care for Stargirl, and was sad when she was gone.
Your personality says a lot about you. Jerry Spinelli opens the eyes of readers everywhere with his novel, Stargirl. The author demonstrates the important moral, to stay true to yourself, through a fifteen year-old girl named Stargirl. Stargirl , the heroine of the story, was a homeschooled transfer to Mica Area High School, Arizona. Stargirl used her true personality to leave her mark on Mica High forever.
Stargirl is a book by Jerry Spinelli based off of a boy named Leo and when he moved from Pennsylvania to Arizona, On the first day of school, Leo makes friends with a boy named Kevin. On the same day there has been talk about a new girl named “Stargirl” Caraway. It appears that she was homeschooled and everyone thought she was weird. One day during lunch, a girl named Hillari Kimble, Hillari makes an exclamation stating that Stargirl is fake and she is just there to bring school spirit back up. After a few weeks people were questioning the rumour, now every lunchtime after she finished eating, she would play her ukulele and sing “Happy Birthday” to random people, they would all applaud her.
The author portrayed how out of place the girl was by the time she returned. The girl’s encounters at school manifests her loss of identity and her helplessness. Once she returns to school, she finds that the school’s attitude to her has changed. “Perhaps they had never expected us to come back and had put us out of their minds once and for all long ago. One day we were there and the next day, poof, our names had been crossed off the roll books, our desks and lockers, reassigned, we were gone”(Otsuka, 121).
It 's a jaw-dropping book that will leave you wanting more as the author Laurie writes in a crisp and clear way describing the young girl Melinda’s horrific story and how it unfolds. The author 's tone gives off the vibe of a young frighted girl which I find really enhances this sad, but exhilarating story. This story taught me to always speak up for myself and to never let anyone take advantage of me. I would recommend this novel because it is extremely detailed, painting vivid pictures in your mind that really help to magnify and
If everyone had taken the time to fully understand her, like Leo did, everyone would have realized the amazing person inside of her. Another theme for this novel could be "always be yourself no matter what." After a long time of being a student of Mica High, Star Girl decided to become someone she is not. Even thought some people do like Star Girl's new look and personality, she is not being herself and some people do not like
Stargirl and Wonder are two different books about being accepted in modern day society. Stargirl is about a highschool girl who is unique and “different” and shows it with clothes and accessory choice. Wonder however, is about a boy who has unfortunate facial deformities. But, in both novels, the author is trying to teach us that everything isn’t always on the outside, and sometimes, you have to look beneath their outward appearance.
5. My Personal Reaction Surprisingly, I really enjoyed this book. I had never heard of it before I saw the movie trailers on tv, and even after watching those and learning we were going to have to read it for this class, I was not looking forward to it. I had some preconceived ideas of how it would just be another inspirational story about a student with special needs who overcame adversity and had a happily ever after.
