Publisher: Random House

Copyright Date: 2020

Edition Date: 2000 Release Date: 03/03/20

Pages: 186 pages

ISBN: 0-593-17904-8

ISBN 13: 978-0-593-17904-8

Dewey: Fic

Dimensions: 21 cm.

Subject Heading:
Individuality. Juvenile fiction.
Popularity. Juvenile fiction.
Eccentrics and eccentricities. Juvenile fiction.
High schools. Juvenile fiction.
Schools. Juvenile fiction.
Individuality. Fiction.
Popularity. Fiction.
Eccentrics and eccentricities. Fiction.
High schools. Fiction.
Schools. Fiction.
Arizona. Juvenile fiction.
Arizona. Fiction.

Language: English

Reading Level: 4.0

Interest Level: 5-9

This beloved celebration of individuality is now an original movie on Disney+!

A modern-day classic and New York Times bestseller from Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli. And don't miss the author's highly anticipated new novel, Dead Wednesday!

Stargirl. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur of "Stargirl, Stargirl." She captures Leo Borlock' s heart with just one smile. She sparks a school-spirit revolution with just one cheer. The students of Mica High are enchanted. At first.

Then they turn on her. Stargirl is suddenly shunned for everything that makes her different, and Leo, panicked and desperate with love, urges her to become the very thing that can destroy her: normal. In this celebration of nonconformity, Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about the perils of popularity and the thrill and inspiration of first love.

"Spinelli has produced a poetic allegorical tale about the magnificence and rarity of true nonconformity." -- The New York Times