Crash by Jerry Spinelli Setting: This book starts out in this kids house his name is crash. Then they go to the arcade. That is where they spend most of the story. Then close to the end they go to the riverside. Main Character: Crash he is the only one mentioned in this whole book. He is the main main character. He is tall has blonde hair, brown eyes, and has glasses. He has a funny personality. He just wants to have fun. On the outside he is a weird, tall, skinny guy on the outside but a
tumbled bricks and fallen timbers.” (Spinelli 39) 3. The main character of Milkweed is a small and short orphan boy named Misha, he steals food to survive and to feed others. He does not remember anything about his past life, who he was, or what his real name is. “I feed whoever I want to feed.” (Spinelli 126) Another character is Doctor Korczak, he is a kind hearted man, he has an orphanage and he takes care of the orphans. “Misha, come join us. Sing with us.” (Spinelli 147) Another character is Uri,
The book I read was Stargirl written by Jerry Spinelli. The main character of this book is Susan Caraway, but everyone knows her as Stargirl. Stargirl is about 16 years old. She is in 10th grade. Her hair is the color of sand and falls to her shoulders. A “sprinkle” of freckles crosses her nose. Mostly, she looked like a hundred other girls in school, except for two things. She didn’t wear makeup and her eyes were bigger than anyone else’s in the school. Also, she wore outrageous clothes. Normal
How far can you go to lose yourself? What distance are we willing to tred to dim the glow of your own starlight? In Jerry Spinelli’s Stargirl several characters have vastly different personalities. Or do they? Is Leo Borlock really different from Hillary Kimble? Do they not both care for normality? For the attention of others? When Stargirl Caraway arrives, a butterfly engulfed by mist, the world shifted and grasped for an opportunity to hold onto something… divergent. An anomaly so far down their
another fantastic book Jerry Spinelli. He added interesting characters, such as, Leo the quiet and shy one, Stargirl unique and fun one, Dori Dilson Stargirl only friend, Archie the wise and elderly one, Kevin Leo’s friend that likes the stoplight, and Hillari Kimble the popular bratty one. This book takes place in MICA, Arizona. Now, in paragraph one I will discuss the plot of Stargirl. Next, I will talk about the theme in Stargirl. Finally, I will evaluate Jerry Spinelli`s job on the novel Stargirl
The book that I read this quarter was Stargirl written by Jerry Spinelli. Stargirl Caraway has been homeschooled her entire life until her 10th grade year. She became a student at Mica High School. It is usually not a big thing to get a new girl at school, but Stargirl was different. She did not dress or acts like the other students. Leo the producer of their high school, “Hot Seat”, television show. Had a particular interest in Stargirl. He thought she was amazing, he didn’t know this at first
assortment of experiments and concluded that, through a range of forms of social influence, groups can alter their members’ personality. Jerry Spinelli’s novel Stargirl depicts the physiological troubles with conformity as it’s main theme. Furthermore it leaves the reader inquiring is my personality truly me? Or had it been predisposed by the society? Spinelli declares that conformity damages a person’s personality through changing their identity, tolerance level, and individuality. In Stargirl
The book Stargirl, written by Jerry Spinelli is about a girl named Stargirl. Stargirl recently enrolled to a new school, Mica High School. She was different from the other students in several ways. She wore different outfits from the other kids and walked around Mica High playing her ukulele at lunch. Some of her behaviors led to Stargirl becoming the most popular girl in school. This includes cheering for the opposing team when she was a cheerleader. Stargirl makes an impact on her fellow classmates
Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli, is a realistic fiction book. Stargirl captures Leo’s heart right from the moment she waltzes in on Mica High. She has the whole school in uproar, she sings happy birthday to people on her ukulele and leaves small presents and flowers on their desks. But when Stargirl cheers for the other team at a game, the whole school suddenly turns against her. Confused and upset, Leo forces Stargirl to be the one thing that can destroy her… normal. In the end Stargirl accepts the
Indifference in this day and age is seen all around. Many are influenced to be conformists, to not be perceived as unusual. The novel Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli effectively explores the experience of being unlike and incompatible in an environment as judgmental as high school. Leo Borlock, the narrator and main character, would soon become fairly intrigued and involved with Stargirl’s unique demeanor. After being homeschooled for years on end, Stargirl begins to attend Mica High School and is presented
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli is a novel published in 1990 by Little, Brown and Company & Hachette Book Group. It was published in New York, NY, USA. The main character and focus on the story is Jeffrey “Maniac” Lionel Magee, an orphan and runaway. He has a rebel sense to him; he does not believe in local myths, nor does he adhere to social norms in Two Mills, especially the racial splitting in the town. This is further seen towards the end of the story where Magee does challenges that the children
The book “Maniac Magee” by Jerry Spinelli connects with the song “Colorblind.” by the Counting Crows by how Maniac does not care about skin color, how he doesn’t open up to people who want to help him, and how he is tongue -tied about the racial issues in Two Mills. First, the book connects to the song in the line “I am colorblind/Coffee black and egg white” (Counting Crows 1-2). Maniac does not care about the skin color of people. In Two Mills, the light-colored people and dark-colored people quite
Since a child, Stargirl had always seemed a bit… off. Her parents seemed to adore her weirdness, they even seemed to encourage it at times. To demonstrate, her parents called her Pocketmouse. They used it to so much that even she started referring to herself as Pocketmouse instead of Susan. But did her parents ever do anything about it? Of course not. She kept the nickname, until she changed it to Mudpie. Then Hullygully. And then Stargirl. But at the time, I knew her as Mudpie. She was my cousin
At times it's good to conform with the rest of the group because it can give us benefits in life. In Jerry Spinelli's Stargirl he asks the reader to consider whether it is good or bad to conform. Leo is the main character in the story. Stargirl is a really important outsider who changes Leo’s perspective of how he lives. Leo forces Stargirl to conform to the group, but it doesn't turn out very well. She ends up being popular but deep inside she is feeling really sad. Leo learns a lot from Stargirl
This trimester I read a story called Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli. The story was based around the time of Hitler's reign over Germany. Orphaned at an early age, the main character eventually accepts the identity that his friend, Uri, gives him. Unclear as to whether he is a Gypsy, a “Filthy son of Abraham”(pg.138) or a boy named "Stopthief”(pg.2), he suddenly becomes Misha Pilsudski. While stealing food he meets a young girl named Jianina and eventually befriends her. When Jianina and her family is
know how dangerous it is but if you were to not do these things you would die. At night you hear and see all these bads things happen but may not even know what’s going on. You have no one but yourself trying to survive. The book “Milkweed,” by Jerry Spinelli taken place in Warsaw, Poland during the years of World War II during the Holocaust the evening before the jackboots came to attack the streets of the Ghetto. The novel opens with Misha Piłsudski the main character meets his mentor Uri while stealing
Milkweed is a novel by the author Jerry Spinelli and was published in 2003 by HarperCollins Publishers. The novel follows an innocent boy who gets called Stopthief, Misha, Jack or Poppynoodle throughout the book. The story takes place in Warsaw, Poland during World War II. Misha’s age is not given in the novel but by reading you can tell that he is somewhere around nine years of age. It is no doubt that Misha was not quite like most boys his age. Misha was small, curious and clueless of the world
Twinkle Little Star In the novel, Stardust, written by Neil Gorman, there are many important quotes that pertain to the overall plot. Stardust, is a non-fiction novel that included elements of suspense, thrill, and romance. The overall theme of the novel is romance from a different element, a star. Tristran Thorn, had his heart set on his dream girl, Victoria Forester, however she had heart taken by someone else. A shooting star fell one day in the city of Babylon. Thristran made Victoria a promise
to be someone they are not due to peer pressure within their society. Throughout literature, protagonists face peer pressure that will cause them to change their personalities but they realize that being themselves is the best person they can be. Jerry Spinelli’s Stargirl features the relationship between the protagonist; Leo and his girlfriend Stargirl, reveal the theme of Maintaining Individuality as Leo is put under pressure to choose Stargirl over his popular friends. One Main reason of maintaining
Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead Jerome John Garcia was born in 1942, in San Francisco's Mission District. His father, a spanish immigrant named Jose "Joe" Garcia, had been a jazz clarinetist and Dixieland bandleader in the thirties, and he named his new son after his favorite Broadway composer, Jerome Kern. In the spring of 1948, while on a fishing trip, Garcia saw his father swept to his death by a California river. After his father's death, Garcia spent a few years living with his mother's