She has a great night, and regains her popularity for a brief moment. The two of them break up, and Stargirl attends the Ocotillo Ball by herself, while Leo watches from afar. The novel takes the form of “the world’s longest letter,” in diary form, going from date to date through a little more than a year’s time. Love, Stargirl picks up a year after Stargirl ends and reveals the new life of the beloved character who moved away so suddenly at the end of Stargirl. Perry and Stargirl share a sunrise kiss, ending Stargirl’s confusion over having feelings for both Leo and Perry, but leaving her to deal with the reality of living with uncertainty.
This book is written in journal format and I think that made it more accessible. All of the characters were very well developed and sweet even if they were sometimes too “quirky” for their own good. She seemed like a character that could possibly hold up an entire novel. Betty Lou was a really fascinating character, and I liked seeing how she developed and changed. Dootsie and Alvina were both cute and funny and very well developed. I suppose he wanted to leave the readers hanging but there seemed to be no conclusion or even answers to how Perry felt. Spinelli never really explains what happens with Perry and Stargirl’s relationship, and that annoyed me because he plans to write no more sequels. Perry Delloplane was a good love interest though I liked Leo better for a match with Stargirl. This annoyed me a bit because it essentially said that Stargirl could only have quirky and unique friends, when she had plenty of other “non-quirky” friends in the first book. But she matured past the longing, and it was a pleasure to read the book.Īll of Stargirl’s friends were “quirky” and “unique”. This put me off initially because I really hate girls that throw themselves at boys, and this “longing” seemed way out of Stargirl’s character. In the beginning of the book Stargirl is a bit mopey about losing Leo, etc etc.
I grew to like her more as I discovered her feelings and thoughts and wishes and dreams - from her own perspective. I liked her character in the first book, of course, but at times it was hard for me to relate to her. I grew to like Stargirl a lot more in this book. It was hard for me to write the description above because I honestly couldn’t find much for me to describe without spoiling. The novel focuses more on the characters, whereas the first novel was very plot-based. This book is a lot different than the first. Stargirl decides to put on a winter solstice celebration, welcoming the rising sun and the birth of summer, and wishes that Leo would answer the question she asks to the rising sun. She has returned to homeschooling and soon makes friends with an abundance of quirky neighbors: sweet and mysterious Perry tomboy Alvina “human bean” Dootsie and Betty Lou, the agoraphobic who hasn’t left her home in nine years. About a year after leaving, Stargirl has moved to Pennsylvania. The book is a companion novel to the events that happen after Stargirl, and the novel should be read after you finish reading the first book, as the companion novel does give away some major events from the first. When I bought my copy of Stargirl, I decided to get a copy of Love, Stargirl as well. In my review of Stargirl, I mentioned that I had read this in an English class previously and then bought a physical copy of the book as well. In Love, Stargirl, we hear the voice of Stargirl herself as she reflects on time, life, Leo, and – of course – love. In her writing, Stargirl mixes memories of her bittersweet time in Mica, Arizona, with involvements with new people in her life. LOVE, STARGIRL picks up a year after Stargirl ends and reveals the new life of the beloved character who moved away so suddenly at the end of Stargirl.