Yup, I'm going to talk about a book again.This is a pretty old book. I last read it 2007 or 2008, and rereading it this weekend. It was published on 2000. This was written by Mr. Jerry Spinelli (I love saying his name). I thought that it was his pen name! But I checked wiki, and it wasn't. He is currently 69 and he lives in the US of A. He also wrote Maniac Magee.
The title of the story is Stargirl as the drawing on the cover suggest. The cover of the book is simple and clever, which, in my opinion, is so much better than overdone.
The story is from the perspective of a sixteen year-old boy named Leo, who "falls in love" with this eccentric girl. Her name is, guess what, Stargirl. But that's not her real name. That is just what she calls herself. Everyone in her new school thought she was strange and weird, but she didn't care. She still did whatever she wanted to do, which was, I guess, trying to make people happy.
The story deals with peer pressure and the troubles of being a teenager and dealing with friends and popularity. It also deals with nonconformism or in simple words, the refusal to follow what is popular or what most people do.
There is a a second book entitled Love, Stargirl. This one is told in the eyes of Stargirl herself.
This story, honestly, made me cry at the ending. It is just so easy to get lost in the story, especially when the characters' age are near mine. The person who inspired me to write this was my English teacher, who asked us about our most memorable character encountered in a story. I answered Stargirl because she was the one who made a huge mark on my brain.
I guess my teacher was right. People like something because they can identify themselves with that something. My teacher made me realize that somehow, I wanted to be like Stargirl. To be the reason why people smile; To hear bad things said behind my back and right in front of my face and still not get affected; To get hurt or disappointed and still find a reason to smile.
The title of the story is Stargirl as the drawing on the cover suggest. The cover of the book is simple and clever, which, in my opinion, is so much better than overdone.
The story is from the perspective of a sixteen year-old boy named Leo, who "falls in love" with this eccentric girl. Her name is, guess what, Stargirl. But that's not her real name. That is just what she calls herself. Everyone in her new school thought she was strange and weird, but she didn't care. She still did whatever she wanted to do, which was, I guess, trying to make people happy.
The story deals with peer pressure and the troubles of being a teenager and dealing with friends and popularity. It also deals with nonconformism or in simple words, the refusal to follow what is popular or what most people do.
There is a a second book entitled Love, Stargirl. This one is told in the eyes of Stargirl herself.
This story, honestly, made me cry at the ending. It is just so easy to get lost in the story, especially when the characters' age are near mine. The person who inspired me to write this was my English teacher, who asked us about our most memorable character encountered in a story. I answered Stargirl because she was the one who made a huge mark on my brain.
I guess my teacher was right. People like something because they can identify themselves with that something. My teacher made me realize that somehow, I wanted to be like Stargirl. To be the reason why people smile; To hear bad things said behind my back and right in front of my face and still not get affected; To get hurt or disappointed and still find a reason to smile.
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