#jerry spinelli

[araekni]

Jeanette Winterson, Lighthousekeeping

Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl

Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl who Soared over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two

Charles Wright, The Fever Toy

Neil Gaiman, Coraline

Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl

Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

A. L. Kitselman

Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Elie Weisel, The Gates of the Forest

Jean Baudrillard, Cool Memories

#web weaving #webs #remake #mine #theme: truth #theme: loss #theme: identity #theme: unmaking #jeanette winterson #jerry spinelli #catherynne m. valente #charles wright #neil gaiman #carmen maria machado #margaret atwood #rick riordan #a. l. kitselman #elie weisel #jean baudrillard #again just prettying it up #image description in alt text #image described

[nobeerreviews]

Enchanted places cannot be created, they can only be discovered.

-- Jerry Spinelli

(Bregenz, Austria)

#enchanted places #enchantment #discovery #jerry spinelli #travel photography #bregenz #austria #quote

[future-mr-darcy]

hey! what do you think of stargirl??

One of my favorite books! It's a great story. I love a lot of Jerry Spinelli's works! You should read Loser, it's fantastic.

#jason todd #jason todd rp #jt musings #jerry spinelli #Stargirl #Loser book #Bookblr #rp blog

[cedarbookhs]

One of my favourite micro-genres, especially growing up, was books about kids or teens running away from home and living in unusual places. Some of these are more serious and involve leaving abusive homes. Others, the home life and excuse for leaving is entirely perfunctory and the adventure is the point. The common theme is that the kid leaves voluntarily (isn’t stranded somewhere, but goes there specifically) and then ends up living independently in some unique setting that gives the story a large part of its identity.

My Side of the Mountain — inside a tree in the Catskills

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler — the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art

Maniac Magee — inside a buffalo house in the zoo, in a baseball stadium, and more

The Invention of Hugo Cabret — a grand Parisian train station

notabookbut The Kings of Summer — a homemade shanty in the Ohio woods

Last Sam’s Cage — the Calgary Zoo

The Boxcar Children — a freight car

Suggest more if you can think of any, I know there are lots of other examples.

#my side of the mountain #jean craighead george #from the mixed up files of Mrs basil e frankweiler #el konigsburg #maniac Magee #jerry spinelli #the invention of hugo Cabret #brian selznick #the kings of summer #last sam’s cage #David a poulsen #the boxcar children

[litandlifequotes]

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, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

#jerry spinelli #stargirl #love stargirl #book quote #book #quote #words #reading #fiction

[waddup-its-homegirl]

No little German kid, do not read Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli in your early formative years!

#this is funny bc my dad is mostly German #stargirl #jerry spinelli #manic pixie dream girl

[symphonyoflovenet]

Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments.

Jerry Spinelli, Love, Stargirl

#Jerry Spinelli #quotes #quote #lit #literature #Love Stargirl #Present #life

[noctuary-of-one]

"Each night I lie down in a graveyard of memories. Moonlight spins a shroud about me."

- Jerry Spinelli, Love, Stargirl

#quotes #jerry spinelli #stargirl

[cometcrystal]

thinking about how much of a fucking disgrace the stargirl movie was to the book.

book stargirl was an ACTUAL fucking weirdo. putting a tablecloth on her desk at school. wearing prairie and flapper dresses. changes her name just bc she feels like it. singing happy birthday to people who clearly hated her. giving leo a valentine that looks like smth a 3rd grader would make.

movie stargirl listens to The Cars on vinyl and also plays ukulele and shes nice to people sometimes and that’s why Shes Quirky

#stargirl #jerry spinelli

[snellyboi]

Broke: writing fanfic about popular franchises

Woke: writing fanfic about obscure/bad franchises

Bespoke: writing fanfic about books you read in middle school

I am going to make Leo Borlock hurt.

#snelly writes #fanfiction #jerry spinelli #stargirl #the working title is “Shadows are Never Quite as Warm” but that is definitely gonna change

[deewaddle]

thinking about the damage this book did to my 11 year old self

#stargirl #manic pixie nightmare #manic pixie dream girl #help my middle school self for remembering everyone’s birthdays bc Star girl did and I wanted to be as weird but as well liked as her #this book #jerry spinelli #help help help

[purpledisastertwin900]

#the trifecta of my childhood #they all are in my code #Beverly cleary #jerry spinelli #roald dahl #polls #vote and Reblog for bigger sample size

[gangst3rswife]

So. I think we can all agree that Leo was definitely a total unnecessarily stupid jerk, but In all honesty, I really love him.

He was a boy, scared and unsure, who grew up in a world that basically told him to fit in, to be quiet, to not make a sound. But then he met Stargirl. A girl who showed him that the opposite should be true.

And while in the end, he utimitely chose the world over Stargirl, he did learn. Even if he didn't ever quite grasp everything that Stargirl taught him, I believe that it all stuck with him. That each word, each moment, each lesson was a seed that Stargirl planted in him. A seed that'll grow as he grows.

So yeah, I think that, while he was a jerk, and while Stargirl deserved much better, Leo's story is just as beautiful as Stargirl's.

#stargir caraway #Stargirl #Leo borlock #Stargirl by Jerry spinelli #Jerry spinelli

[inwhichiramble]

Okay so

I just watched Hollywood Stargirl, and as a huge Stargirl fan I was initially disappointed that they didn’t adapt the original sequel (Love, Stargirl), but after watching it I have decided two things:

While Love, Stargirl is a fantastic book, it would not have made a good movie and I am okay with that. (I actually read it before the original Stargirl book and I think it’s much better that way, which is part of why it shouldn’t be a movie.)

Hollywood Stargirl stayed true to her character and gave her and her mom some much needed closure, ending her character arc in a very satisfying way for this duology, and for that reason I am very happy about this movie.

Anyways. I’m sentimental about books I read as a kid so I’m happy about how this one was handled 😊

#stargirl #hollywood stargirl #grace vanderwaal #stargirl x evan #stargirl caraway #books #movies #book to movie #book adaptation #jerry spinelli #disney+

[thespiritoffreedom]

The Art of Crying

“I’m sad. I’m crying. I used to cry a lot when I was little. If I stepped on a bug I’d burst into tears. Funny thing—I was so busy crying for everything else, I never cried for myself. Now I cry for me. For you. For us.” -Stargirl (Jerry Spinelli)

You really have to cry from your soul to relieve yourself of pain and burden. A cry from the diaphragm that leaves you unable to speak for a few days after. After crying that night I think I gave myself some form of self-inflicted strep throat. I had mocos everywhere. I was snoring because of my clogged garganta. I was a mess. I couldn’t eat for two days. My eyes hadn’t been so inchados since I had chicken pox in kindergarten and my eyes looked like a chameleon’s. But this deep, deep cry that I felt in my soul—a cry so deep that I felt mother earth come and carry me in her arms to quiet me so I wouldn’t awaken the world with my loud sobs—it healed me. That cry cleansed me of the ugliness that I was concealing inside. My mom would always tell me “sacudete los mocos” when I was sick so I could get out all the nasty microbios that were making me sick. That is what I did. I let out all the nastiness that was left in me. Hate, bitterness, grudges, betrayals, and lies, all of it. Now, I am cured and I refuse to let the ugliness of the world infect me again.

-Laurakrobles.com

#journal #free write #spanglish #jerry spinelli #stargirl #cry #emotions #feel #poetry #self discovery

[motionsickishreader]

Stargirl Review

Stargirl 

Jerry Spinelli 

Porcupine neckties, birthday songs, and small violet plants can all be traced back to one person: Stargirl. When a quirky, previously homeschooled girl who calls herself “Stargirl'' starts attending Mica High, the normal high school atmosphere is thrown into a frenzy. Years later, Leo Borlock recounts how over the course of one school year Stargirl made a difference in everyone’s lives. Spinelli does a stellar job at creating a story that captures the nature of high school and still holds up over twenty years later. While there are very few characters that are described in great detail, the main two characters are given depth and unique quirks that make them both feel human. Stargirl especially is fleshed out and very distinct, giving readers a clear picture of who she is based on Leo’s descriptions and her own actions within the story. Both characters have clear story arcs that are relatable and can serve as a lesson to readers. Intertwined throughout the entire story are themes of being different from those around you. Through Leo the story touches on the struggle of wanting to blend in and be accepted by your peers while also standing out within a crowd. Through him, readers can realize that wanting to be accepted and to belong within a group of peers is a normal feeling. Meanwhile, Stargirl serves as a direct contrast to the rest of the students at Mica High, who for the most part blend into the background and have no distinguishable differences between one another. For the majority of the story Stargirl is unapologetically herself despite the constant ridicule and whispers amongst students at school. While her popularity fluctuates, the overall idea that it is okay to be different and pursue what makes you happy is demonstrated through Stargirl. She also is a good example of a character who is selfless and does things for the satisfaction of making others happy, rather than gaining recognition for herself. This can be important to readers and easily incorporated into a classroom setting as a lesson about kindness and serving one's community. This novel has a sequel, Love Stargirl, and two movies based off of these stories. Overall, Stargirl is a great coming of age novel that all readers will get something out of. 

BIBLIO: 2000, Scholastic Inc., Ages 10 up, $3.99. 

REVIEWER: Jessica Hummel 

FORMAT: Young Adult 

ISBN: 0-439-48840-0

#stargirl #jerry spinelli #stargirl caraway #young adult #coming of age #book review #kindness