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| Plot Summary of Stargirl |
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"The first day Leo Borlock sees Stargirl he is filled with disbelief. She's the new girl who showed up to her first day in an antique, off-white gown that could have been a wedding dress. Then at lunch time she did the unthinkable, she took her ukulele off her back and sang "I'm looking for a four leaf clover." You just don't do things like that if you want to fit in. Things continue like this, getting more outrageous as the book continues, until the students rebel and the shunning begins. Leo and Stargirl try to go about their lives, and pretend that the others don't matter. But life is difficult enough when you're in high school and ten times worse if you don't "fit in". Desperately in love, Leo tries to change Stargirl to be more "normal", but in the end manages to destroy the very thing that made her special to begin with."
Andi Puntoriero, Resident Scholar
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"Leo is an average boy who is not popular, but not geeky, he goes to a school where everyone is basicly the same, where everyone tries to fit in. This pattern has been working for them, but all of a suden, Stargirl comes. She is different and not afraid to show it. She wears unique clothes, says unique things, and strangest of all, she is nice to and freinds with everyone. At first people find that she is strange, but as they start to get used to her, they start to love her. She take special liking to Leo. When she comes to cheerlead at the games, the team starts winning, for the first time, and once they start, they don't stop. Soon the fans are set on winning. They get angry because Stargirl roots for the other team to. They tell her to sit down and not to be a cheerleader. After that, the team starts losing... every game. People get angry at Stargirl and start to shun her, the only one who does not is Leo. This works for a while but then people start to shun Leo as well. Leo has to choose between Stargirl, who obviously love him, and having freinds. "
Cloud City, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Stargirl |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- present (2000-2010)
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Age 11-14
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- high school
Loving/sexing?
- girl chasing
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
- society
Age:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- student
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb:
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 (some)
Desert?
Yes
City?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Unusual Style:
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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