Of us are missing,'' Leo cannot bear the taint of associating with an unpopular person and drops her. Despite his sense that she is ''in touch with something that the rest Stargirl claims not to notice or care, but Leo is torn between his growing love for her and his need for acceptance by his peers. It's all downhill from then on: both Stargirl and LeoĪre shunned. She becomes a cheerleader (good move) but commits the fatal error of caring equally about the welfare of the opposing team. Leo Borlock, a sensitive 16-year-old, is drawn to her immediately, finding her ''elusive,'' ''the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl.'' Soon Stargirl has worked her magic on theĮntire school, turning the students into ''mud frogs, awakening all around.'' Her presence makes Leo in particular feel ''lighter, unshackled, as if something I had been carrying had fallenīut in Stargirl's charms lie the seeds of her own destruction.
She strums a ukulele, carries a pet rat in her tote bag, serenades fellow students in the cafeteria and leaves cards and gifts for people she doesn't know.
It's not just her appearance - hippieĬlothes, no makeup - it's her unusual behavior. He arrival of the previously home-schooled Stargirl hits Mica Area High School in Arizona like a meteor.
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