For two years, Leo's collection stood at one tie. Around the time of his move, Leo decided to start collecting porcupine neckties-no easy task, especially in Mica. The story starts with Leo Borlock, who moved to Mica, Arizona at the age of twelve. I'll say it again: Stargirl is a classic. Classics are the books you want to immerse yourself in: the books you wish you could live in with the characters that you wish were your friends. It needs to be a book that you enjoy more every time you read it or talk about it. A classic also needs to have memorable writing and characters. This designation raises the question: What makes a book (any book) a classic? For me it means a book that is timeless something you can read years and years after it was written without the book losing its vibrancy. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli is a young adult classic (maybe even a children's classic but that's really a cataloguing issue that I am ill-equipped to discuss). Louis Post-Dispatch "Touching and inspiring." - VOYA "The many readers who loved the first book will embrace this sequel.Okay, I'm going to say it. Anyone who survived or is enduring the teenage years will repeatedly recognize him or herself in these pages-and find the book hard to put down." - St. As charming and unique as its sensitive, nonconformist heroine." - School Library Journal "Anyone who loved Jerry Spinelli's beautiful, poignant young adult novel Stargirl is in for a treat with his latest novel. Louis Post-Dispatch "Touching and inspiring." - VOYA "The many readers who loved the first book will embrace this sequel." - Booklist, "Humor, graceful writing, lively characters, and important lessons about life will make this a hit with fans of Stargirl.
"Humor, graceful writing, lively characters, and important lessons about life will make this a hit with fans of Stargirl.
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