Love, Stargirl
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Jerry Spinelli
The New York Times bestselling sequel to Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli’s modern-day classic Stargirl, now an original film on Disney+!And don't miss the author's highly anticipated new novel, Dead Wednesday!Love, Stargirl picks up a year after Stargirl ends and reveals the new life of the beloved character who moved away so suddenly at the end of Stargirl. The novel takes the form of "the world's longest letter," in diary form, going from date to date through a little more than a year's time. In her writing, Stargirl mixes memories of her bittersweet time in Mica, Arizona, with involvements with new people in her life.In Love, Stargirl, we hear the voice of Stargirl herself as she reflects on time, life, Leo, and - of course - love.“Spinelli is a poet of the prepubescent. . . . No writer guides his young characters, and his readers, past these pitfalls and challenges and toward their futures with more compassion.” —The New York Times
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Author
Jerry Spinelli
Pages
312
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Published Date
2007-08-14
ISBN
0375890815 9780375890819
Ratings
Google: 4.5
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"My FAVORITE book as a kid - so kind and sweet"
Alanna
"personally i liked this book better than the first one. it had more memorable characters that i connected to, i loved stargirl’s POV and i love that it’s in a different setting than the first one. 10/10"
azure walker
"Loved the first book and now love the second. Both books have made me vew the world in a more beautiful way."
Chezzy
"Same!! 💚"
Cynthia Abril
"Having really enjoyed Stargirl, I was a bit underwhelmed with this companion novel. Although I know it is not meant for it to be a sequel, I figured since the format is her writing letters to Leo that it would provide more information than the ending of Stargirl had provided. I enjoyed her realizations and coming to terms with love and loneliness, but in the end the pacing of the book was a struggle with so many “letters” discussing side characters and side plots that after a while didn’t really do much for me. There were great quotes and towards the Fall portion of the book, I was hooked but all in all...the book just didn’t impact me as much as Stargirl did."
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Bianca Pino
"This book is a sequel, but you don't need to read the first one. I would recommend this book over the prequel"
Kate Steneker
"I was really disappointed in this. It just doesn't seem like Stargirl's voice...maybe I was too intrigued by her in the original book that I set myself up for disappointment. I just didn't see the girl that had files on everyone in an office, that did secret things for people based on what she read in flyers and newspaper fillers, that would kiss Hillary on the cheek after she was smacked in the face...this Stargirl just seemed too normal to me. I don't know."
Emily Falke