Characters
He is the narrator and Stargirl’s eventual admirer.
Who is Leo Borlock?
Stargirl makes her first appearance at this school event.
What is lunch on the first day of school?
Leo collects these, and it connects him to Stargirl early on.
What are porcupine neckties?
Kevin and Leo want Stargirl to appear on this school show.
What is Hot Seat?
Stargirl teaches students to value this over popularity.
What is individuality?
Stargirl serenades this character on his birthday in the cafeteria.
Who is Alan Ferko?
Stargirl brings this item to school every day in her sunflower bag.
What is her pet rat, Cinnamon?
This desert plant serves as a symbol and "listener" to Archie.
What is Señor Saguaro?
Stargirl tells Leo this when asked why she sang to him on Hillari’s birthday.
What is “He’s cute”?
Stargirl challenges the school’s culture of this.
What is conformity?
She is Stargirl’s first and only close friend at school.
Who is Dori Dilson?
Stargirl becomes one of these, to the surprise of everyone.
What is a cheerleader?
Stargirl often plays this musical instrument.
What is a ukulele?
This is Leo’s late-night realization about Stargirl.
What is “She’s real”? She is a real girl with real feelings.
The students' treatment of Stargirl explores this social concept.
What is peer pressure?
She’s known for her sarcasm and for threatening Stargirl not to sing to her.
Who is Hillari Kimble?
Stargirl shocks everyone by doing this at a football game.
What is dancing barefoot during halftime and stealing the ball?
Stargirl carries this type of bag with a sunflower painted on it.
What is a canvas bag?
Stargirl is accused of being this, planted by the school.
What is a fake/student plant?
This metaphor describes the emotional awakening Stargirl inspires.
What is the "mud frogs" metaphor?
This quiet, stylish student is Hillari’s boyfriend.
Who is Wayne Parr?
Stargirl mysteriously leaves this object in Leo’s mailbox on his birthday.
What is a porcupine necktie?
rchie gives students this fossil-themed item as a symbol of learning.
What is a bone necklace?
Archie says this about Stargirl: “She is us more than we are us.”
What does he mean?What is she represents pure authenticity/humanity?
Leo struggles between his feelings for Stargirl and this inner conflict.
What is the desire to fit in?