Love, Stargirl

Jerry Spinelli Paperback, $8.99 Knopf April 2009 288 pages This charming epistolary novel picks up where its prequel, Stargirl, left off.  Stargirl Carraway has moved to–oops, I almost gave it away!–a secret location and left her heart behind in Arizona.  She begins what becomes a year-long letter to Leo, telling him all about her new [...]

Stargirl

Jerry Spinelli Paperback, $8.95 Knopf May 2002 208 pages From the brilliant author who brought us Maniac Magee, this Young Adult novel is one of the best I have ever read.  Thanks to Celia for finally convincing me to give it a try! This is a quirky, heart-warming story about a girl named Stargirl who [...]