This beloved celebration of individuality is now an original movie on Disney+ A modern-day classic and New York Times bestseller from Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli. -- The New York Times.
No writer guides his young characters, and his readers, past these pitfalls and challenges and toward their futures with more compassion. . . .
Spinelli is a poet of the prepubescent.
Don\'t miss the sequel, Love, Stargirl , and Jerry Spinelli\'s latest novel, The Warden\'s Daughter , about another girl who can\'t help but stand out.
In this celebration of nonconformity, Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about the perils of popularity and the thrill and inspiration of first love.
Stargirl is suddenly shunned for everything that makes her different, and Leo, panicked and desperate with love, urges her to become the very thing that can destroy her: normal.
Then they turn on her.
At first.
The students of Mica High are enchanted.
She sparks a school-spirit revolution with just one cheer.
She captures Leo Borlock\'s heart with just one smile.
From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur of Stargirl, Stargirl.
Stargirl.
This beloved celebration of individuality is now an original movie on Disney+ A modern-day classic and New York Times bestseller from Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli