first, when she asked lots of qstns in class, they said she tht she was smart etc. then called her "stargirl" ( reference! reference! no? I never read the book but heard about it, bestseller right?, and look at this - homeschool, wide-eyed...) and said she was from a star ('an alien') -
Stargirl -- by Jerry Spinelli (Amazon.com rvw)
'She was homeschooling gone amok.' 'She was an alien.' 'Her parents were circus acrobats.' These are only a few of the theories concocted to explain Stargirl Caraway, a new 10th grader at Arizona's Mica Area High School who wears pioneer dresses and kimonos to school, strums a ukulele in the cafeteria, laughs when there are no jokes, and dances when there is no music. The whole school, not exactly a 'hotbed of nonconformity,' is stunned by her, including our 16-year-old narrator Leo Borlock: 'She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl.'
In time, incredulity gives way to out-and-out adoration as the student body finds itself helpless to resist Stargirl's wide-eyed charm, pure-spirited friendliness, and penchant for celebrating the achievements of others. In the ultimate high school symbol of acceptance, she is even recruited as a cheerleader. Popularity, of course, is a fragile and fleeting state, and bit by bit, Mica sours on their new idol. Why is Stargirl showing up at the funerals of strangers? huh. Worse, why does she cheer for the opposing basketball teams? The growing hostility comes to a head when she is verbally flogged by resentful students on Leo's televised Hot Seat show in an episode that is too terrible to air. While the playful, chin-held-high Stargirl seems impervious to the shunning that ensues, Leo, who is in the throes of first love (and therefore scornfully deemed "Starboy"), is not made of such strong stuff: "I became angry. I resented having to choose. I refused to choose. I imagined my life without her and without them, and I didn't like it either way." Jerry Spinelli elegantly and accurately captures the collective, not-always-pretty emotions of a high school microcosm in which individuality is pitted against conformity. Spinelli's Stargirl is a supernatural ? teen character--absolutely egoless, altruistic, in touch with life's primitive rhythms, meditative, untouched by popular culture, and supremely self-confident. It is the sensitive Leo whom readers will relate to as he grapples with who she is, who he is, who they are together as Stargirl and Starboy, and indeed, what it means to be a human being on a planet that is rich with wonders.
Daniel: "this girl - who's smarter than you, better-looking than you, and doesn't care what you think. and she didn't, Bree didn't care what anyone thought then."
starboy in love ~ well others must be talking about this -
stargirl lonelygirl15 - Google Search:
YouTube - I Want to Take Bree to a Party lol this sounds so much like the book "stargirl" thats so weird!!! how did the party go?
YouTube - Poor Pluto this story is a weird combination of overt occult references as well as overt references to the book "Stargirl" by Jerri Spinelli. everyone should read the book,it's really a sweet and touching story, but his book contains no wiccan/ alastair crowley (lonelygirl15's picture with candles under it...that she refuses to let daniel light in the 'what did dad and daniel talk about" episode)/ commune/ references. this lonelygirl15? is a really crazy cool story though.
In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar to the 7 already displayed. not much and several not re the book, just quoting Bree. huh.
note that I doubt the book has the students implying anything lewd about stargirl & a teacher though.
even ggl blog search. it's just me:
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| 2 hours ago by maro starboy in love ~ well others must be talking about this - stargirl lonelygirl15 - Google Search: YouTube - I Want to Take Bree to a Party lol this sounds so much like the book "stargirl" thats so weird!!! how did the party go? ... thedayislikewidewater - http://thedayislikewidewater.blogspot.com [ More results from thedayislikewidewater ] |
| 6 Sep 2006 by LonelyFan Lonelygirl15 put out a new video last night. I missed it last night and didn’t check this morning before I went to work. ... And she also discusses the way she was treated because she like the class so much. Her nickname was StarGirl. lonelygirl15 Fan Club - http://www.lonelygirl15fanclub.com |
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