Stargirl writes to Leo early in the novel that nothing is empty.These characters: Perry, Betty Lou, Stargirl’s mother and father, Stargirl herself.

One method of developing characters isthrough extensive use of details about each person.įor instance, Dootsie adores ketchup and Alvina wears a necklace with Winnie the Pooh dangling from it. Spinelli develops characters effectively in many ways.Their sixĬhildren have given Jerry Spinelli a plethora of Separate rooms of the house, the couple edits andĬelebrates one another’s work together. He lives with his wife and fellow writer, Eileen, My Daddy and Me, a loving tribute to fathers and sons. Times bestseller and an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Winner of the Newbery Medal, and Stargirl, a New York Jerry Spinelli is the author of more than a dozenīooks for young readers, including Maniac Magee, In the “longest letter ever” to her old boyfriend, Leo, Stargirl explores the magic in her new home and her decision to mark time in her own unique way.

never one with an inclination to conform, empathizes with the outcasts, making many of them her new friends. She notices the agoraphobic neighbor, the seemingly homeless young boy, and others who do not fit in easily. She explores her new neighborhood with an eye for the unusual. In letter format, Stargirl herself breaths life into the odd and poignant minutiae of life and love. Love, Stargirl finds Stargirl again transplanted-this time farther east. High school narrator Leo Borlock chronicles the impact just one new girl can have on an entire Arizona town. Jerry Spinelli’s bestselling novel Stargirl is a deceptively complex tale about love and loss, about fitting in and standing out, about speaking out and being quiet.

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