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Stargirl

"Stargirl" was written by Jerry Spinelli, and first published in 2000. The book follows a female student entering school, after eleven years of homeschooling.

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What is a summary of stargirl?

love stargirl is a sequel to the book. star girl.

its about a girl who leaves her home to move somewhere else and tries to learn to love again after a break up with old boyfriend Leo.

during the book she is writing letters to Leo whom she feels she is still in love with which changes as she meets a new boy named perry

she also learns new ways to look at like from a little girl named Dootsie who she babysits.

its a very good book full of many things to relate to if u are a teen girl:)

Why did Stargirl attract so much attention at football games?

because she cheered for both teams and that when the cheerleaders rest, she stay and cheered on

What are the character traits for main characters in Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli?

In "Stargirl" Susan Caraway, Author Jerry Spinelli created a very memorable title character. There are many cataract we traits that could describe her, but three are unique from other teens, mysterious to those around her, and curious about the world.

What point of view is Stargirl told?

Do you mean "What is Stargirl's point of view?" If so, read the sequel "Love Stargirl" It is about where Stargirl went after the Ocotillo Ball and is written in letter form. Most people agree that "Love, Stargirl" is not as good as Stargirl.

Figurative languages from the book stargirl?

Her hair was the color of sand. (4)

Her eyes were the biggest I had ever seen, like deers eyes caught in headlights. (6)

She looked like Heidi, or Bo Peep (8)

In school I was a yellow balloon, smiling and lazy, floating above the classrooms (85)

Our minds are chattering (91)

The earth is speaking to us (91)

The universe will speak (91)

The stars will whisper (91)

I am a stone, a cactus thorn (92)

I am rain (92)

Every stray thought from miles around came wandering into my brain, sniffing about, scratching at my attention (92)

Dissolving away like Alka-Seltzer (92)

When the sun fell behind the mountains (94)

As we approached each other, the noise and the students around us melted away and we were utterly alone (95)

Holding each other's eyes, floors and walls gone, two people in a unicerse of space and stars (95)

They went right through us as if they were gamma rays (96)

When I smiles and nodded to her, frost formed on the back of my neck (99)

Rough like a cats tongue (101)

You can't be up to your eyeballs in bones and not believe in enchanted places (101)

We are not the people we know as ourselves, but creatures more in tune with a tree than a keyboard (103)

We are the tadpole before the frog, the worm before the butterfly (103)

The pipe bowl, like some predator, or seducer, drew down the flame (103)

They seemed not to enter through my ears but to settle on my skin, there to burrow like tiny eggs awaiting the rain of my maturity, when they would hatch and I at last would understand (103)

The purple of the mountains flowed like watercolor (103)

As natural as a raven's caw or a coyote's howl at midnight (106)

We listened in rapture, and so, I half believed, did the tumbleweed and cacti, the desert, the mountains, all listening to the girl in the long falling skirt (107)

She was bendable light: she shone around every corner of my day (107)

Show me the ants, two of them, lugging the lopped leg of a beetle twenty times their size across the sidewalk, as might two men (108)

Her eyes went straight to her heart (108)

I was as proud as a first-grader with a star on his paper (108)

She looked like a photograph from a hundred years ago (111)

I search though fillers like a prospector digging for gold (113)

A Keep-your-chin-up card (114)

Looked like it might have been an antique toy (120)

Her fawn's eyes (124)

I had to make an effort to keep my balance lest I fall into them (eyes) (124)

We talked of a thousand things (126)

Seething like snakes under a porch (128)

Take a swan dive into her eyes (128)

I felt the faint tug of her gaze on the back of my neck (130)

Ignoring my wishes, my head turned on its own and there she was (130)

A second desert imposed upon the one I already lived in, where "Hi" was as rare as rain (131)

Skipped over me like a flat stone on water (131)

Nobody hears me, nobody sees me (132)

I'm the friggin invisible man (132)

Her voice peppy like a little girls (136)

Nobody likes you (138)

Her eyes covered me like the sky (138)

I said her name out loud like blowing bubbles (140)

Big head (148)

Even the desert is celebrating (149)

Brown mist on the horizon that announced our approach (152)

Like a butterfly her words fluttered from image to image (152)

Stiff as manikins (154)

Looked at them as if they were hand grenades (155)

The cheering was as wild as that of the crowd at a championship basketball game (156)

Twinkled like a starburst (157)

Never in my life had I seen a place so empty (159)

Moonlight crept up my sheet (163)

I had the notion that they were calling to each other (flowers) (167)

The moon rose into the sky like a lost balloon (167)

Like a bridal train (167)

It looked like a float in the parade (167)

Fluffs like a meringue (168)

The ice shattered (171)

Dancing millipede (172)

Like figures dancing in ones dream (173)

Music was a tether a kite string (173)

Pastel skirts flapping like stampeding flamingos (174)

The sun was melting butter (177)

As for me, I throw myself into my work and keep an eye peeled for silver lunch trucks (185)

*This is a list I created while reading Stargirl. I will be student teaching soon and am creating a unit around this book and love the figurative language in it. There are a lot of similes, metaphors, hyperboles, and personification. It's not complete, but it's a good start!

Why did the basketball team blame Stargirl for their loss?

because she was cheering for both teams instead of just her own.

How old is Saint?

If Matthew were alive today he would be over 2000 years old.

How do the people in the school and town change because of Stargirl?

He stopped caring about what others thought of him. He realized that being himself was more important then anything else.

Adjectives about stargirl in the stargirl book?

unique, different, weird, caring, kind, thoughtful, bubbly, happy, cheerful, giving, and helpful.

What is the main problem in the book Stargirl?

Stargirl fears people yelling at her because when they are on hot seat people were yelling at her and she started crying.

Who is senor saguaro in the book Stargirl?

Archibald Hepwood (Archie)´s huge cactus.

It looked like a weird body. For examplehis leathery trunk skin had come loose and crumpled in a heap in the massive floor. Also, Señor Saguaro looked as if he was waving "adiós". Señor Saguaro had lost his pants. Only his ribs, thumb-thick vertical timbers held him up. Elf owls rested in his chest. He was a 30ft tall giant that towered over the toolshed in Archie´s backyard.

What is the message in stargirl?

stardust is about a guy who goes to a magical world to win the heart of is one true love and he promises her that he will retreive a fallen star to secure their love. then he battles things and stuff, i havent seen the whole thing

What does Stargirl take Leo?

Leo feels like she is a different and a special person. i think, from my book reading experience, that he likes her but wants her to be a normal high schooler because of his embarrassment and pride. he has sort of special feelings toward her.

What are the accelerated reader questions for Stargirl?

Try reading it! You'll feel much better knowing you have tried your best, rather than cheating.

What was the lowest amount of rocks in Stargirl's happy wagon?

Well, if you would consider the "total number of pebbles" the greatest or least, then the greatest would be 18 and the lowest would be 3 but the TOTAL amount she had to go up to was 20.

Will there be a third Stargirl book?

According to the James Rollins/Clemens website he planned for there to be two sets of three Godslayer books. And I'm sure that after the success of his other Fantasy books that he was under contract to produce at least the first trilogy.

However he appears to have preoccupied himself with writing another, non-fantasy, series called Sigma Force and has been asked many times when he is planning to write another Godslayer book with ambiguous responses.

In short, there will be a third Godslayer book, or at least should; but don't hold your breath for it. I've been waiting roughly 3 years for it to be written and I have a feeling it won't be here anytime soon.

What did stargirl wear?

Stargirl usually wore homemade dresses that dragged the ground. She also wore very Long skirts.

What are some examples of symbolism in the book Stargirl?

Some symbols in stargirl is her rat; cinnamon, the ukulele, leo, and her clothes

What did stargirl do on the hot seat in stargirl?

The Hot Seat was the seat the "victim" sat on. Hot Seat is also the name of the show where Kevin Quinlan and some handpicked jurors ask the "victim"questions. Director: Leo Borlock, Interviewer:Kevin Quinlan (and jurors).