Stargirl By: Jerry Spinelli

Marissa Goliszewski
  Summary 

There's a girl named Stargirl Caraway that's a new student at Mica Area High School. She's going into 10th grade and used to be home schooled. She's not like everyone else, she wears no makeup and dresses very different. There's a guy named Leo and his friend Kevin that want her to be a guest on their in-school TV show Hot Seat. They don't know her that well, but with the rumors that they heard about her they think she would be a good guest. A girl named Hillari Kimble tries to make sense of Stargirl and thinks that she was planted in the school. Leo thought if she was a plant, she couldn't be on Hot Seat. The next day of school Stargirl changes and becomes a whole different person. She wears an outfit that everyone wears and wears makeup to try to fit in with the rest. Leo thinks about her a lot especially at night in the moonlight and he decides that she must be real.

Connection 

A connection that I have to the book, Stargirl By Jerry Spinelli is at school Mallory Stillwell, the cheerleaders’ captain, invited Stargirl to join the cheerleading team. Stargirl does and even wears the same clothes that the other cheerleader’s wore. My connection is that I have been a Cheerleader for about five years. I’ve been on St. Alberts, Flying High Cheer galaxy which is a competitive team for two years, Oak Lawn Hometown Middle School, and now Oak Lawn Community High School. Just like Stargirl she’s on the Cheerleading team at Mica Area High School. That’s my connection that I have to the book.