Love, Stargirl | Jerry Spinelli

Love, Stargirl | Jerry Spinelli | Love Stargirl, though a great book, didn't hit the bar set by the first

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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

A Must Read

Stargirl is one of my favorite books, and this sequel was equally fun, entertaining, and endearing.

Love Stargirl, though a great book, didn't hit the bar set by the first

"Stargirl" was a wonderful book, and when "Love, Stargirl" came out, I was estatic. Luckliy the sequel was my Christmas Eve gift, and I happily finished the book in two days. I loved it, but Stargirl seems to have lost her touch.

The young adult always reminded me of myself, a helpless romantic, quirky, and sweet. Unlike most reviewers, I liked her yearning for Leo, for it showed Stargirl past what Leo saw in the first book, but her constant changing of the mind (from no body, to Perry, to Leo, back again) did, as many have added, make her seem like just a normal girl, not the adventurous and intellegent Stargirl.

I also didn't like the whole Perry situation. He's a theif! He has a "harem"! He can be a jerk! The first book makes you love Leo too much, even though he has flaws, to think there could be a new guy in Stargirl's life. Her signs of healing are both good and bad. Good because it shows she IS Stargirl and is free and open-minded, but bad because you don't want her to forget about Leo, since she changed his life so much. With the constant change of mind that Stargirl endures, it seems the girl is no longer the one we all met in the first book.

FOR PARENTS: (Scale from 1 to 10 - 10 being highest/worse)
bad language - 0 there was no cussing or offensive language
sexual content - 4
1. one example of sexual content is that Perry has a harem of girls that like him and date him called "The Honeybees".
2. another example of sexual content is that Perry's mom is pregnent, and when Stargirl sees Perry with the baby, she thinks Perry is the dad and one of The Honeybees is the mom.
3. It says that Perry kisses one of The Honeybees for a long time, and he kisses Stargirl by the sunrise.
4. The Honeybees, when questioned about Perry going to boot camp, say that he went to "booty camp" and the six year old friend of Perry and Stargirl, Dootsie, shows the table with The Honeybees, Stargirl, and Perry, her underwear, shaking her behind. It says she says "I got a booty" and there are whistles and catcalls.
Violence - 2
1. one example of violence is that Alvina has her fingernail clipped off and her finger is sliced with a very bloody cut.
2. another example of violence is that Alvina beats up a blonde boy
Adult content - 1
1. one example of adult content is that The Honeybees each have a tattoo of a honeybee on them, and Dootsie gets a temporary one.

Overall, this book was great, but not the one I wanted.

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Better than the first

I liked this one better than Stargirl. As an adult reading the book, I missed the parental involvement in the first one. This had it. Lot's more substance to Stargirl's personality in this. Again, a good choice to read with your 'tween daughter with good discussions to follow. I didn't understand Stargirl's attraction to Perry. Unlike Leo, that one made no sense to me. I wonder if Spinelli will write another book. I am very curious to see if Stargirl and Leo find each other as adults.

Not the same, but still good

Stargirl has moved away from Arizona. She's moved away from Archie, Mica Area High School, and of course, Leo. Now living in Pennsylvania, Stargirl's happy wagon is almost empty, and it seems to just keep getting worse. Luckily, she has Cinnamon (her pet rat), her five-year-old neighbor Dootsie, Alvina the pip, Perry Delloplane, Betty Lou, and the upcoming winter solstice to cheer her up. In the "world's longest letter," Stargirl writes to Leo about all these people, and the adventures she shares with them.

This book was just as fabulous as the first, but in a different way. Stargirl is not the same as she was in the first book. She doesn't people-watch, or make biographies for the kids across the street. Instead, she builds a calendar out of spatulas on "Enchanted Hill," and befriends a wide variety of people. She's still Stargirl, but she's not as different or mysterious as she used to be.

Love, Stargirl is similar to many of Jerry Spinelli's other books, because the ending was the most powerful part of the book. It has a message that you tend to think about after you have finished reading it.

I think that kids in middle school and high school would especially enjoy this book, because they can relate to it the most. Stargirl's personality and the boy issues she faces with Leo may also make this book more appealing to a female audience. Stargirl is a powerful character, and after reading her never-ending letter to Leo, it makes you hope that he will reply to her letter.

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