Character Insights
What is the name of the main character who is known for her unique personality?
Answer: Who is Stargirl
What theme is primarily represented through Stargirl's actions and behaviors?
Answer: What is individuality vs. conformity?
What major event does Stargirl perform at the first football game?
Answer: What is cheering for both teams?
What does Stargirl say that shows her belief in kindness?
Answer: What is “I root for everybody!”?
Where does Stargirl first meet Leo?
Answer: What is Mica Area High School?
Who is Leo Borlock and what is his relationship to Stargirl?
Answer: Who is Stargirl's classmate and friend?
How does the porcupine necktie symbolize Leo’s connection to his childhood?
Answer: What represents nostalgia and personal history?
What happens to Stargirl after the basketball game where she cheers for the other team?
Answer: What is she receives the silent treatment from her peers?
Which character says, “You’re goofy. You’re crazy”?
Answer: Who is Hillari Kimble?
Describe the general environment of Mica, Arizona.
Answer: What is a small town with a close-knit community?
Who is Hillari Kimble and how does she feel about Stargirl?
Answer: Who is a classmate who is critical of Stargirl?
What does the ukulele symbolize in Stargirl's character?
Answer: What represents her creativity and spirit?
Describe how Stargirl wins the oratorical contest.
Answer: What is through her unique and heartfelt speech?
In what context does Leo express his confusion over Stargirl's behavior?
Answer: What is during discussions about her actions at school?
How does the setting of the desert contribute to the story?
Answer: What is it reflects themes of isolation and beauty?
What is the significance of Stargirl's pet rat, Cinnamon?
Answer: What represents her uniqueness and connection to nature?
Explain the significance of the desert setting in the story.
Answer: How does it reflect the themes of isolation and beauty?
What is the outcome of Stargirl's experience at the Hot Seat show?
Answer: What is she faces hostility from her peers?
What does Archie say about the nature of names?
Answer: What is “Whatever strikes her fancy”
What role does the Mica Mall play in the story?
Answer: What is a social gathering place for students?
Describe how Stargirl's character influences her classmates throughout the story.
Answer: How does she inspire individuality and change in the school?
Discuss the role of community and its impact on Stargirl's character development.
Answer: How does the community's acceptance or rejection affect her?
How does the story conclude for Stargirl and Leo?
Answer: What is an unresolved ending that leaves questions about acceptance?
How does Stargirl describe her perception of enchantment?
Answer: What is “It’s just here”?
How does the school setting change for Stargirl throughout the novel?
Answer: What is from acceptance to alienation?