Love, STARGIRL

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Love, STARGIRL

• By Gigi Novak
• Rating Wikiicy-Boring.

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Title, Author etc.

• Author Jerry Spinelli
• Title Love, Stargirl
• Illustrations - NONE

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Main Characters

• Stargirl, the girl who writes the letters- this
  book is a story of her life in Pennsylvania.
• Leo, the boy that Stargirl is obsessed with- now
  he is away at college!
• Archie, the fossil man- Stargirls mentor.

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Characters

• Dootsie Pringle, the 5 year human bean- She
  always has to be the center of attention- when
  she is not she becomes invisible (closing her
  eyes and scrunching her face).
• Betty Lou, the neighbor of the Pringles- an old
  lady with agoraphobia who is very gentle and
  kind.
• Cinnamon Stargirls pet rat.
• Arnold, the chubby boy- he wanders around asking,
  Are you looking for me?

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Characters Page 2.

• Graces Charlie- sits by his wifes tombstone all
  day remembering her.
• Alvina,11 year old horror- She has a thing for
  boys she hates them! Any day, anytime, any
  chance she has to beat up a boy, she takes it.
• Perry, the stealer- the boy with a whole harem of
  girls who still falls for Stargirl.
• Margie, the lady who owns Margies Donut Shop
  the supplier of Betty Lous treats.

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Story Line

• When Stargirl moves away from the Arizona
  Dessert, she writes a year long letter to her so
  called boyfriend, Leo. She begins to question
  if he still loves her when he stops sending
  letters. She tells him about every thing and
  every day.
• The main event in the story is The Winter
  Solstice Celebration.

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Calendar Hill

• Stargirls newest creation is a sun calendar! It
  records the suns rotation every Thursday up
  until the Winter Solstice. To mark this she uses
  white spatulas. She does this all on a hill she
  likes to call Calendar Hill

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Winter Solstice

• When Stargirl finishes her Calendar, she has a
  celebration. Almost the whole town comes to watch
  the first winter beam of sun.
• This event was the highlight of the book- there
  was one big thing that you will have read to find
  out!

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The End

• Leo sends her a letter saying he does love her!
• Stargirls Happy Wagon is a toy wagon that she
  fills up with pebbles depending on how happy she
  is.
• Stargirls Happy Wagon is filled with 25 pebbles
  as she finishes her letter to him.