Stargirl
By: Jerry Spinelli
Summary
Conflict:
The other big conflict in the novel is Leo not knowing if he wants to choose friendship with Stargirl and people ignoring him or everyone talking to him and no Stargirl.
Some of the other characters are:
Hillary
Cinnamon
Dori
Plot
Rising Action: Everybody starts to get to know Stargirl and loves her because she is so friendly and cheerful. When she becomes a cheerleader, she cheers for both teams and then everyone quickly begins to hate her.
Climax: Everyone ignores Stargirl and Leo and acts like they aren't there. They did this because they were mad that they lost the state championships and they decided to blame it on Stargirl for cheering for both teams.
Falling Action: Leo convinces Stargirl try to change to be like everyone else so they stop ignoring them. Stargirl goes back to being called Susan, which is her real name, and then everyone loved her again because she seemed to be what they considered normal.
Resolution: Stargirl realizes that she'd rather be herself and just be friends with a few people who actually care about her like Dori and Leo. Suddenly, one day she didn't show up at school and nobody from Mica ever saw her after that.