fedaa.blogg.se - Star Girl by jerry-spinelli

Her Establishing Character Moment is her dangling Cinnamon (Star's rat) over the school bannister for no real reason at all besides to be an asshole.

Alpha Bitch: Popular girl Hillari Kimble, sans the Girl Posse.

Since Leo hangs out with her, he's on the receiving end of the treatment as well, at least until he breaks up with her. The Mica team eventually loses to Glendale, and Stargirl is blamed and shunned amongst the student body.

All of the Other Reindeer: When Stargirl becomes a cheerleader, she cheers for both the Mica basketball team and the opposing team, which turns more or less everyone against her.

This novel provides examples of the following tropes: Not to be confused with the member of the Justice Society of America or its by the same name nor its ( coincidentally timed and similarly distributed) 2020 television adaptation on DC Universe.

The novel then follows Leo's conflict between his relationship with Stargirl, and the peer pressure of his classmates.Ī sequel, Love, Stargirl was released in 2007.ĭisney produced a live-action film adaptation that came out in 2020 on Disney+. This, however, does not last during the basketball season, Stargirl's insistence on cheering for the other team as well angers her classmates, and she is eventually shunned by the school. Many break free from the conformity that had held the school before.

Stargirl is, after a time, accepted by the school, and other students begin mimicking her. Meanwhile, Leo finds himself falling for her. The school has no idea what to make of her. Stargirl quickly proves herself the most unusual student to ever come to Mica High she utterly shuns conformity, wearing peculiar clothes -Native American buckskin, 1920s flapper outfits- and refusing makeup, carrying around her pet rat, dancing in the rain, decorating her desk with a tablecloth and flower, singing "Happy Birthday" to absolutely everyone, and cheering for both teams at games. Set in Mica Area High School in Mica, Arizona, the novel follows the story of the sophomore Susan "Stargirl" Caraway, narrated from the perspective of junior Leo Borlock.

Stargirl is a middle grade novel by Jerry Spinelli, published in 2000.