Stargirl

Resource Information

The work Stargirl represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Peru Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.

Label

Stargirl

Statement of responsibility

Jerry Spinelli

Creator

• trueSpinelli, Jerry
• Spinelli, Jerry
• Spinelli, Jerry

Subject

• Arizona -- Fiction
• trueRealistic fiction
• Schools -- Fiction
• Arizona -- Fiction
• trueArizona
• trueEccentric teenage girls
• trueTeenagers
• Individuality -- Fiction
• trueNonconformity
• trueSchools
• Popularity -- Fiction
• trueTeenage boy/girl relations
• Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction
• trueHigh school students
• trueHigh schools
• Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction
• trueFirst loves
• truePopularity
• Individuality -- Fiction
• Popularity -- Fiction
• Schools -- Fiction
• trueIndividuality
• trueClassics
• trueNew experiences
• High schools -- Fiction
• High schools -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• trueRealistic fiction
• trueClassics

Language

eng

Summary

In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueMoving

Writing style

• trueLyrical
• trueEngaging

Character

• trueQuirky
• trueWell-developed

Award

• Charlotte Award (New York), Young Adult, 2004.
• Garden State Teen Book Award (New Jersey), Fiction (Grades 6-8), 2003.
• Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona), Teen Book Category, 2003.
• Iowa Teen Award, 2003.
• Young Hoosier Book Award, Middle Books, 2003.
• YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2001

Awards note

• Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (6-8), 2002-2003.
• Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee, 2002-2003.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• 590
• 590L
• Decoding demand: 96 (very high)
• Semantic demand: 100 (very high)
• Syntactic demand: 87 (very high)
• Structure demand: 87 (very high)

Intended audience source

• Lexile
• Lexile
• Lexile

Interest level

MG

LC call number

PZ7.S75663

LC item number

St 2000

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

590

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 10

Reading level

4.2

Series statement

Stargirl

Series volume

b.1]

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

adolescent