Love, Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli
Love, Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli
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Love, Stargirl

Author: Jerry Spinelli

Narrator: Mandy Siegfried

Unabridged: 6 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/14/2007


Synopsis

Stargirl has moved and left everything behind: Arizona, Mica High, enchanted desert places–and Leo. He’s all she can think about, and her life begins to feel like a parade of unhappy anniversaries. Then Stargirl meets her wonderfully bizarre new neighbors: Dootsie, the curly-headed five-year-old “human bean”; Betty Lou, who hasn’t stepped outside her house for nine years; Charlie, who sits among the tombstones; hot-tempered Alvina with that one glittery nail; and Perry Delloplane, the blue-eyed thief who soon lays his own claim to Stargirl’s heart.
In letters to Leo over the course of a year, Stargirl comes to find hope in new places: mockingbirds, donut angels, moon flowers, and the Winter Solstice. But what’s life without Leo? Will he–can he–answer that one crucial question she asks every morning to the rising sun?

About The Author

JERRY SPINELLI is the author of many novels for young readers, including Dead WednesdayThe Warden's Daughter; StargirlLove, StargirlMilkweedCrashWringer; and Maniac Magee, winner of the Newbery Medal; along with Knots in My Yo-Yo String, the autobiography of his childhood. A graduate of Gettysburg College, he lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, poet and author Eileen Spinelli.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tulleskirt on December 04, 2013

God, I am so elated right now. I just finished this book and it was, I am happy to say, just as extrordinary as the first. You know, I started reading this because I'm a senior in high school and I'm tired of assigned books of Great Literature. Don't get me wrong, The Scarlet Letter is one of my favo......more

Goodreads review by emma on April 06, 2022

i've said it before and i'll say it again: stargirl is john green for children. this is like...the looking for alaska equivalent. part of a series i'm doing in which i review books i read a long time ago......more

Goodreads review by J-Lynn Van Pelt on July 13, 2008

I was already worried about the premise of this book when I started reading it. What I loved about the original Stargirl is the mystery behind the exuberant, eccentric stranger who comes into Leo's life and turns everything upside down. The first book is about not conforming to expectations, being t......more

Goodreads review by Darla on June 27, 2020

3.5 solstice stars for this companion book to "Stargirl." Now that I have read both books, I can say that the first can be read and enjoyed without the second. On the other hand, the second must be preceded by the first. In other words, the sequel does not quite live up to the original. Book #2 is w......more


Quotes

"Humor, graceful writing, lively characters, and important lessons about life will make this a hit with fans of Stargirl." -- Kirkus Reviews, Starred 

"Brilliant. . . . As charming and unique as its sensitive, nonconformist heroine." -- School Library Journal

"Anyone who loved Jerry Spinelli's beautiful, poignant young adult novel Stargirl is in for a treat with his latest novel.  Anyone who survived or is enduring the teenage years will repeatedly recognize him or herself in these pages--and find the book hard to put down." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Touching and inspiring." -- VOYA

"The many readers who loved the first book will embrace this sequel." -- Booklist


Awards

  • Book Sense Children's Pick List
  • IRA Young Adult Choices
  • New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age