The “hotbed of non-comformity’ appears to be changing. But even more surprisingly, it becomes acceptable for people to do what they want to do – dye their hair, try out for an unpopular sport or activity.
The pet store sells out of rats, people are taking up the ukulele like crazy, and basically everything Stargirl does becomes the newest trend. The school is at first completely thrown by her (and wouldn’t you be?) but after a few weeks she becomes a minor celebrity. (For the record, I never did anything remotely like this when I went to high school after 9 years of homeschooling). She wears pioneer-type dresses, brings a vase of flowers to put on her desk each day, carries her pet rat in her pocket, and in the cafeteria, she plays the ukulele and sings Happy Birthday to whomever is having a birthday that day. stargirlĪnyway, Stargirl shows up in school, after being homeschooled for her whole life. I’m a little surprised at myself, since it’s not necessarily something that I would guess I’d like, but it just spoke to me (and yes, I realize how ridiculous that sounds). But, when I was in need of a new audio book to listen to at work, I snatched it up. I was hesitant to read it, though, because I read Maniac Magee in 2006 and didn’t particularly love it. In the last six months, I’d heard about it on the Internet, at school, from friends, at the library. That’s how this book was for me – it seemed like everyone was talking about it. In the first chapter of this wonderful Stargirl book, appears at Micah High School on the first day of class and Leo, the narrator, comments that her name was on everyone’s lips. But when she begins cheering for both the home team and the opposing team, the school turns on her and Leo, desperately in love with her, pressures her to conform.
Stargirl arrives at Micah High and enchants everyone with her strange and wonderful personality, particularly the narrator, Leo. 9 of 10: Almost too wonderful to summarize in just a few lines.
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