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Title: Love, Stargirl
ISBN: 0375813756
Author:
Jerry Spinelli
Publicate Date: 2007-08-14
Publish: 2007-08-14
List Price: $16.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Hardcover
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1: love stargirl
it is very sad and happy to know that you now what happend after stargirl left mica high
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2: Physical book is nice... the story is at best...
The actual book is a nice product with a nice cover, binding and dust jacket. However, if you fell in love with Stargirl in the first book... and loved Leo's romance with her don't read the sequel... it's the movie series that kills off all your favorite characters or turns them into wackos to keep a story going... this sequel really squashes all the good of the first book.
Stargirl betrays her own self and her own feelings... far from the stand alone she was in the first book... she's a watered down turned floozy Stargirl... this is not a sweet love conquers all book about our two much loved star crossed characters... Spinelli built a wonderful world between Leo and Stargirl in book one... book two he throws it all out the window and expects the reader to still care... wish I hadn't read it!
I don't love Stargirl... any more!
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3: A Teacher's Perspective
This piece of CRF features a young girl who is quirky, wise beyond her years, and homeschooled. She has moved away from her first love and is writing a journal which is, in fact, a letter to him. In the process of fitting into a new place, Stargirl becomes a bit of a celebrity in her new town because of her outstanding virtues and wisdom.
I love Stargirl! She is the girl I always wanted to be...so insightful, poetic, and wise. She pursues her own questions with passion and without regard for how others will view her. Stargirl is a great role model for modern-day tweens and teens.
As an extension idea, I would study the winter and summer solstice and ancient practices of telling time with the sun. In addition, I would use Stargirl as a model, listing her positive attributes and noting the way she helps others...even when she risks being chastized for her aid. I also think Stargirl's habit of trying to understand other people's points of view would be a great lesson to bring out of this book in literature circles.
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4: Stargirl Writes Back
Jerry Spinelli's "Stargirl" may be my favorite book of all time. It's not only a well told tale about individuality and innocent love, it's also a completely transforming read to the people who became engrossed with the character of Stargirl Caraway and her outlook on life. I enjoyed the book so much that I purchased "Love, Stargirl" (the sequel) before I even finished the first book. But then it sat on my shelf, unread for months. I was actually nervous about reading it. Maybe I was scared that the mystery and intrigue of Stargirl would be ruined, as this book is told through her point of view. Maybe I was unsure that Spinelli could recreate the magic that the first novel sparkled with. Whatever the reason was, I forgot it by the time I was a quarter-way into this book, as I was mesmerized by the new ways that Stargirl and the cast of characters that surround her could captivate me.
The character does lose a bit of the mysterious air she had about her in the first book, but that's not a bad thing. The first book was told through Leo's point of view, and since he was a regular, "normal kid," the reader also kind of pictures themselves in Leo's shoes when they meet the out-of-this-world Stargirl. I know I did. And this book is sort of like a letter to Leo, as well as the normal readers who loved but never really fully understood her... but now we get a chance to. We see her interact with a large cast of quirky and heartbreaking characters, all who have their own wonderful stories to tell.
It's a light read in some ways and heavy in others. It'll constantly move you, bring you to tears every so pages, and might just change the way you look at things. This book, and Stargirl, is simply a celebration of living in the now.
10/10 Classic.
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5: Skip the Sequel
I loved Stargirl, the first book, because it had a point, it taught us something about the way we treat each other, and the way we should treat each other. It challenged us to look beyond appearances and assumptions, to appreciate differences.
Love, Stargirl, has none of that depth. It is about Stargirl pining for her old boyfriend, a boy who really did not treat her well anyway. Yes, she does crazy things in a very Stargirl fashion, yes, she makes new friends, all of them on the fringe in their own way, but the book simply does not touch the reader in the same way as the first book.
Perhaps if, as one other reviewer seems to be, you are in love with Stargirl the character, not Stargirl the message, you will enjoy this book, because that is all it is, Stargirl the character, and her very typical teenage thoughts. However, if, like me, you appreciated the message that the character brought, then you can skip Love, Stargirl, because it's just not there.
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