Stargirl

"It was a rebellion she led, a rebellion for rather than against.   For ourselves."

Stargirl
By:Jerry Spinelli
Copyright 2000
Published by Dell Laurel-Leaf
Realistic Fiction
12-14 (Middle School Age)
183 Pages

Your typical stoy of boy meets girl, girl is a little crazy, boy still likes girl, girl likes boy, then ... well I guess it is not the typical story, but it is more real then those others. 
It is a school like all the other ones, everyone knows everyone, and everyone is excepted.  They were happy and fine in their conformity to eachother.  Then Stargirl starts school.  She is different, she is her own person, doesn't care what anyone thinks about her.  At first people think this is werid, but then, everyone starts being THEM and not hiding themselfs to fit in.  Well Stargirl took herself too far when she started cheering for all the teams and not just her team.  The shunning was back on.  Leo, our boy in this story, finally relized after getting over his confused feelings that he was in love with Stargirl and the whole school knew, she loved him and he loved her.  The shunning moved to Leo as well.  He told her she should change.  She then became like everyone else, but that didnt stop the shunning.  Leo started shunning Stargirl. 
No one seemed to get the message that Stargirl was teaching them.  She was her own person, did her own thing, wore her own clothes, and loved everyone.  Even the last time anyone saw her, she had been accepted again by all, (except Leo who didn't go to the dance) and Hillari Slaped her and said "Your ruin everything"  Stargirl kissed her on the cheek and left.  Leo, even after many years, still did not get the whole picture.  Why out of everyone did she love him?  What was it about her?  What made her so different?  But he never forgot her, never.

I would recomend this book to anyone!! I have already told my roommates they have to read this book.  I might (depending on what grade I teach) will read it to my class.  It is such a great book!

There is nothing wrong with this book, well except in my opinion the ending.  I wanted her to come back and for everyone to be themselfs and her and Leo to be happy, and him FINALLY excepting her for her and not being ashamed of her.  Other then that, it is a great book and should be read by EVERYONE!!

Well if you can't tell yet, I LOVED THIS BOOK!!  It made me think of me back in the day, like yesterday.  There are so many times I have changed me to fit in.  Anyone can relate to this book.  Just like Stargirl, even right now  in my life, I am not happy not being me.  Changing for friends, for  church leaders, for boys, to be the person I want that person to see.  I just want to be me, like Stargirl.