Love, Stargirl | Jerry Spinelli

Love, Stargirl | Jerry Spinelli | Where's mysterious Stargirl? (3 to 4 stars)

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Love, Stargirl

	Love, Stargirl Jerry Spinelli Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2007 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 40 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Love, Stargirl

In this sequel to Stargirl, Stargirl has moved away from Mica, Arizona. Archie, Leo, her boyfriend, and her enchanted places have stayed behind too. Stargirl now lives in Pennsylvania. The story takes place the over the course of a year, in the form of Stargirl's letters to Leo. She tells about the new people she meets, such as Dootsie, Stargirl's new little friend, and Perry, the poor thief, whom she begins to like. Stargirl also describes her experiences and plans, like her big Winter Solstice idea, and why she missed Halloween. Stargirl misses Leo a lot, but she finds comfort in other things, like new enchanted places, the thought of the Winter Solstice, and another one of her new friends, Betty Lou, the agoraphobic, who replaces Archie, in a way. By the end of the year, Stargirl is feeling much happier and comfortable with her new life.
I thought this was a very well written book, just like the previous one, Stargirl. I got caught up with Stargirl's problems like they were mine. That's how deep this book is. The author makes the book flow and characters jump out of the pages with the detailed descriptions and thought-through plot. It's a must-read for any middle school to high school age person. Most of them will be able to relate to the book because of the realistic problems and issues that it deals with, such as keeping in touch with someone that you left behind.

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Where's mysterious Stargirl? (3 to 4 stars)

I love Stargirl. She reminds me so much of myself! Everyone who has read either of the books tells me that I remind them of Stargirl. But the second book takes some of the mysterious quality out of Stargirl's being. In the first book, she is a very interesting, intelligent, creative, mysteriously amazing girl. When you finished the book, you were thirsty for answers, and I, myself, stayed up late the nights after, thinking about what Stargirl did after the book ended. I was so ready for the second book. I expected more mystery, but I got more of an ordinary girl who is writing a letter to her old boyfriend. Even though it is still an inspiring and cute book, It kind of loses the Stargirl essence the first book exibits.

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Love, Stargirl

Love, Stargirl is the sequel to Stargirl, and it's told from Stargirl's point of view. Stargirl is now living in Pennsylvania, but she still misses Leo (the antagonist of Stargirl).

Stargirl was such an interesting and unique character in the first book, but this sequel didn't really capture the same emotion and magic as the first one did. Stargirl went from being the most mysterious character to being predictable in her unpredictability. The girl in this book doesn't seem to be the same one who was in the first, which is really upsetting, because I was hoping to gain some insight. Instead, at the end, I'm still kept wondering.

Even so, the book was entertaining and fun, and the way it was written was perfect. I only wish that it could have been a bit more... magical.

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Love Stargirl

Love Stargirl was a worthy sequel to the magical Stargirl. Jerry Spinelli certainly helps his readers love the character,"Stargirl." She has a goodness that should be in all of us. While this book didn't have the same spirit as the original, it was a delightful read.

Misguided Sequel?

The book is very puzzling. First it seems that the Stargirl from the first book did not really exist and is totally the object of Leo's projections on her. Kind of shocking because I fell in love with the Stargirl from the first book. This Stargirl falls apart over a boy who could not appreciate her and it kind of takes away from her mystery. I know she is girl with feelings after all, but Leo is not worth pining over.

Second are little random weird things that go nowhere and are inexplicable.
Theft is condoned in this book. The merchants know Perry is stealing from them but look away because they feel sorry for him. Why don't the merchants just donate goods to his family if they have such affection?. The character is never taken to task for his actions, this issue should have been resolved.

More troubling are the sexual aspects. The book is marketed to 10 year olds. Why does Perry have a harem? Why is that even funny? Why is Dootsie, (A great character) A first grader made to join this harem? And show off her bootie?
Again I could understand if these issues were brought up and then dealt with in a responsible manner, but there not. They are brought up and thats it.
These issues add nothing to the story and just left me cold.

I think Spinneli had a great role model in Stargirl in his first book. The way he handled her strength and nonconformity to peer pressure was brilliant, but he seems to have lost the way here. I hope we see another book with Stargirl as an adult if possible and I hope it is not as flawed as this misstep.

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