Stargirl

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A modern-day classic from Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli, this beloved celebration of individuality is now an original movie on Disney+!

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.

Don't miss the sequel, Love, Stargirl, as well as The Warden's Daughter, a novel about another girl who can't help but stand out.

"Spinelli is a poet of the prepubescent. . . . No writer guides his young characters, and his readers, past these pitfalls and challenges and toward their futures with more compassion." --The New York Times

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 08/08/2000
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.68h x 5.68w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780679886372
Age: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.2
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 41562 / Stargirl (English)


Award: Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Nominee
Award: Bookseller's Choice - Winner
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee
Award: Garden State Teen Book Award - Winner
Award: New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award - Winner
Award: Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Iowa Teen Award - Winner
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Winner
Award: Charlotte Award - Winner
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Winner
Award: Massachusetts Children's Book Award - Honor Book
Award: Evergreen Young Adult Book Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 06/15/2000 pg. 894
School Library Journal 08/01/2000 pg. 190
New York Times 09/17/2000 pg. 33
ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/2001 pg. 1373
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2000 pg. 87 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 87 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Publishers Weekly 06/26/2000
School Library Journal 08/04/2000
Booklist 06/01/2000

About the Author
JERRY SPINELLI is the author of many novels for young readers, including Dead Wednesday, The Warden's Daughter; Stargirl; Love, Stargirl; Milkweed; Crash; Wringer; and Maniac Magee, winner of the Newbery Medal; along with Knots in My Yo-Yo String, the autobiography of his childhood. A graduate of Gettysburg College, he lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, poet and author Eileen Spinelli.