Unfortunately, at Mica High, that's not enough. She goes out of her way to make people happy, simply because Good Feels Good. But she's also the nicest person you could ever hope to meet.
#IN LOVE STARGIRL IS LEO A ANTAGONIST LICENSE#
Artistic License Animal Care: Stargirl only has one rat.Armor-Piercing Question: During the Hot Seat interview, a juror asks Stargirl why she meddles in everyone's lives whether she's asked to or not.Her Establishing Character Moment is her dangling Cinnamon (Star's rat) over the school bannister for no real reason at all besides to be an asshole. Alpha Bitch: Popular girl Hillari Kimble, sans the Girl Posse.Since Leo hangs out with her, he's on the receiving end of the treatment as well, at least until he breaks up with her. The Mica team eventually loses to Glendale, and Stargirl is blamed and shunned amongst the student body.
All of the Other Reindeer: When Stargirl becomes a cheerleader, she cheers for both the Mica basketball team and the opposing team, which turns more or less everyone against her.This novel provides examples of the following tropes: Not to be confused with the member of the Justice Society of America or its by the same name nor its ( coincidentally timed and similarly distributed) 2020 television adaptation on DC Universe. The novel then follows Leo's conflict between his relationship with Stargirl, and the peer pressure of his classmates.Ī sequel, Love, Stargirl was released in 2007.ĭisney produced a live-action film adaptation that came out in 2020 on Disney+. This, however, does not last during the basketball season, Stargirl's insistence on cheering for the other team as well angers her classmates, and she is eventually shunned by the school.
#IN LOVE STARGIRL IS LEO A ANTAGONIST FREE#
Many break free from the conformity that had held the school before. Stargirl is, after a time, accepted by the school, and other students begin mimicking her. Meanwhile, Leo finds himself falling for her. The school has no idea what to make of her. Stargirl quickly proves herself the most unusual student to ever come to Mica High she utterly shuns conformity, wearing peculiar clothes -Native American buckskin, 1920s flapper outfits- and refusing makeup, carrying around her pet rat, dancing in the rain, decorating her desk with a tablecloth and flower, singing "Happy Birthday" to absolutely everyone, and cheering for both teams at games. Set in Mica Area High School in Mica, Arizona, the novel follows the story of the sophomore Susan "Stargirl" Caraway, narrated from the perspective of junior Leo Borlock. But then she disappears entirely the next day, and Leo never sees her again.Stargirl is a middle grade novel by Jerry Spinelli, published in 2000. 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 next day Leo was walking through the courtyard, and he saw a kid named Renshaw. She sat Cinnamon on his shoulder, teasing him, and he swept him off and sent him flying then walked away. Stargirl ran up to Leo to ask him what he thought of it. What did Stargirl do to give Leo some attention? She knew that being accepted by “them” was important to him, so she tried. She began using Susan, dressing like everyone, talking like everyone, she tried to change who and what she was for Leo. She really liked him and she wanted him to be happy.