BY JERRY SPINELLI
"...just be careful not to get the facts mixed up with the truth."- Maniac Magee quote
“You be you and I'll be me, today and today and today, and let's trust the future to tomorrow. Let the stars keep track of us. Let us ride our own orbits and trust that they will meet. May our reunion be not a finding but a sweet collision of destinies! Love and Love and Love Again, Stargirl.” - Love, Stargirl
“She was illusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow
of an elf owl. We did not know what to make of her. In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly,
but the pin merely went through and away she flew.” - Stargirl
"He did not want to be a wringer. This was one of the first things he had learned about himself. He could not have said exactly when he learned it, but it was very early. And more than early, it was deep inside. In the stomach like hunger." - Wringer
“She was illusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow
of an elf owl. We did not know what to make of her. In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly,
but the pin merely went through and away she flew.” - Stargirl
"He did not want to be a wringer. This was one of the first things he had learned about himself. He could not have said exactly when he learned it, but it was very early. And more than early, it was deep inside. In the stomach like hunger." - Wringer
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Although this wasn't my first pick, I chose this book because it sounds like a fun and entertaining story about a girl's adventure in high school. I figured that I could relate to her story. This time wasn't and easy time for me, but it truly began to define who I was. High school seems to be a difficult time for many students. It is a time where children become adults and begin to figure out who they really are (and who they are not) in life. It might sound silly, but I was also intrigued by the book's cover. It is a very simple and sweet drawing, and makes me want to learn more about the story.
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