![]() This sequel is focalized through Stargirl herself instead of Leo, though, and her character seems to be far less off-center than in the first novel. Stargirl will likely have a legion of loyal fans from her first outing, and many readers will enjoy seeing what she's doing now. ![]() Her account of her days in her new environs takes the form of a very long letter to Leo, where she describes her new friends and neighbors, and her quest to discover real time by marking the angle of light from the sunrise on a hill every week between the Summer and Winter Solstices. She even has a minor fling with a studly juvenile delinquent that convinces her that her heart still belongs to Leo. She and her pet rat, Cinnamon, befriend and have mild, personally meaningful adventures with a varied cast of characters: an obstreperous five-year-old, an agoraphobic, a disgruntled tomboy, a mentally troubled man, and an elderly gentleman who spends his days visiting his wife's grave. The thing is, they don't seem so nonconformist when she doesn't have a school of determinedly normal kids to rub up against. ![]() ![]() Stargirl (from Stargirl, BCCB 9/00) may have moved to Pennsylvania, but she's left a goodly chunk of her heart in Arizona with Leo, the boyfriend who couldn't stand up to her nonconformist ways. ![]()
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