What is Stargirl About and Why Should I Care? It will be a happy ending for you if you take the time to listen to our girl Stargirl. Will it be a happy ending? Well, that depends.

You will experience all of this through the eyes of Leo, our narrator and her eventual boyfriend. In Stargirl, you will read about her meteoric rise to popularity, and all its consequences. Stargirl has all sorts of interesting ideas about life and the world around us. She's quirky, sure, but she's also super smart. She is the new girl at Mica High, and boy, does she stir things up faster than the speed of starlight. When they fit nicely, you wear them, but eventually you outgrow them or they get worn, so you get a new one. She believes that names are kind of like sweaters. At least, that is her name for the time being.

See, it's about a fantastically unique individual named – you guessed it – Stargirl. He is the author of several wonderful books for young readers, including Maniac McGee, which won the Newbery Medal, which is a Pretty Big Deal. Chances are you may have already read something written by Jerry Spinelli. That question, readers, is what Stargirl is all about. Do you go and introduce yourself, or do you smirk and give her the side eye while everyone around you calls her a freak? What do you do? Her name is Stargirl, and she is unlike anyone you have ever met. You arrive in the cafeteria and there she is. Readers, Shmoop has a question: what would you be thinking and doing at this point? Are you running up the stairs to the cafeteria? Do you hope to meet someone interesting and new who you will welcome with open arms, or are you secretly hoping to witness a train wreck of humiliation? Maybe it's a little bit of both? And no! She doesn't even know Alan! Oh, and did I mention that she has a pet rat with her? She is wearing the strangest outfit, and she's playing a ukulele and singing 'Happy Birthday' to Alan Ferko in the cafeteria as we speak. Well, come on! You have to check her out.

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