The family section ran a regular feature about kids on their birthdays, and my mother had called in some info. On my fourteenth birthday, I read about myself in the local newspaper. Where do you find a porcupine necktie in Mica, Arizona - or anywhere else, for that matter? Two years after we settled in Arizona, the number of ties in my collection was still one. I loved that porcupine tie so much that I decided to start a collection. But then, with a dramatic flourish, he whipped off the tie and draped it around my neck. I though he did so to give me one last look at it, and I was grateful. When Uncle Pete came to say goodbye, he was wearing the tie. I was twelve when we moved from Pennsylvania to Arizona. I kept looking for one of my own, but I could never find one. Uncle Pete would stand patiently before me while I ran my fingers over the silky surface, half expecting to be stuck by one of the quills.
I though that necktie was just about the neatest thing in the world. When I was little, my Uncle Pete had a necktie with a porcupine painted on it. No writer guides his young characters, and his readers, past these pitfalls and challenges and toward their futures with more compassion.” - The New York Times 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.ĭon’t miss the sequel, Love, Stargirl, as well as The Warden’s Daughter, a novel about another girl who can't help but stand out. 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.
She sparks a school-spirit revolution with just one cheer. 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.” She captures Leo Borlock’ s heart with just one smile.
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ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME Ī modern-day classic from Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli, this beloved celebration of individuality is now an original movie on Disney+!Īnd don't miss the author's highly anticipated new novel, Dead Wednesday!.
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