After everyone in school turns on her and her attempt at being normal and popular backfires, she leaves! Sometimes the happiest ending is to GTFO.

In both the book and the movie, Stargirl and Leo do not end up together, which is kind of radical for a YA romance.

Disney just had to give the big moment to the boy. In the movie, Stargirl arranges for Leo to sing in front of the school instead. Then Hillari slaps her and Stargirl leaves, never to be seen again. The school dance is totally different.Īt the end of the book, Stargirl leads the school in “The Bunny Hop” (random). You can’t get anything past me, movie! I see your tricks. In the movie, she makes that decision in the middle of the speech competition.which I guess is more dramatic because she can put that realization into her speech. Stargirl puts a bizarrely academic effort into becoming popular in order to get back into everyone’s good graces but decides it isn’t worth it when she wins the speech competition and, still, nobody cares. Maybe she’s a little jealous of Stargirl’s individuality too. Jerry Spinellis Stargirl follows a young woman by the name of Stargirl Caraway who is a bit different than anyone Leo Borlock has ever met. Hillari does hate Stargirl, but it’s because she thinks she’s being weird just for attention and therefore fake. JERRY SPINELLI is the author of many novels for young readers, including Dead Wednesday, The Warden's Daughter Stargirl Love, Stargirl Milkweed Crash Wringer and Maniac Magee, winner of the Newbery Medal along with Knots in My Yo-Yo String, the autobiography of his childhood. In the book, the boy whose bike Stargirl returns is not Hillari’s brother and it’s not that big of a deal. The movie combines Hillari’s distrust of Stargirl with one of her good deeds. Books by Jerry Spinelli (Author of Stargirl) Books by Jerry Spinelli Jerry Spinelli Average rating 3.

They didnt give much detail about some of the characters. Dale Robinette // Disney The bike incident is less intense in the book. I thought this book was gonna have a bit more detail and it was only 200 pages.

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