Title: Stargirl
Description: 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, Excentriques, Écoles secondaires, Popularity, Fiction, Littérature de jeunesse anglaise, Individualité, High schools, Schools, Eccentrics and eccentricities, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Popularité, Juvenile fiction, Écoles, Large type books, Children's fiction, Popularity, fiction, Individuality, fiction, Schools, fiction, Arizona, fiction, Love, fiction, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Stargirl, Excéntricos y excentricidades, Ficción juvenil, Escuelas, Popularidad, Escuelas secundarias, Individualidad, Mei guo wen xue, Xiao shuo, Child and youth fiction, Love, Home schooling, Diaries, Letters, Romance fiction
Places: Arizona, Pennsylvania
People: stargirl