This book is the sequel to Stargirl when Stargirl (the main character) leaves everything behind - Arizona, Mica High, enchanted desert places, and the boy that she likes - Leo.
Initially, Leo is everything that Stargirl can ever think about. Her life is a sequel of unhappy events until she meets her bizarre new neighbours who indeed bring in some joy and fun into her life. There's Dootsie, the hyperactive five-year old 'human bean', Betty Lou who hasn't stepped out of her house for nine years, there's Charlie, who spends his lives of sadness mourning around tombstones, there's Alvina, the hot-tempered girl with the one glittered fingernail who experiences a difficult transition from being a kid to a teenager; and lastly, there's Perry Dellopane, a blue-eyed thief that claims the owns of Stargirl's heart at the end of the novel.
Stargirl experiences and learns new lessons over the course of a year when she writes to letters to Leo. She finds her hope in new places; mockingbirds, donut angels, moon flowers, and the Winter Solstice. She even finds herself slowly letting go of Leo, as she soon lives the whimsical fantasies of her life and her wonderful new friends.
Stargirl is definitely, hands down, one of my favorite books ever. I love how Stargirl's so different; she isn't the cliqued 15 year old. She is described to be a supernatural figure, she's a heroine. She's very quirky, and I definitely love the humour and the perspectives of Stargirl. Truly. Amazing.
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