Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli
The new tenth-grader who arrived on the first day of school at Mica High stands out... read more
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2000
Word Count 41,214
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 590L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 41562, 6.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Young Adult Fiction | Romance | Contemporary
- Individuality
- Arizona
- Schools
- Popularity
- High schools
- Young Adult Fiction | Loners & Outcasts
- Eccentrics and eccentricities--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Assimilation
- Eccentrics and eccentricities
- Arizona--Fiction
- Schools--Fiction
- High schools--Fiction
- Popularity--Fiction
- Individuality--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
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Interview with Jerry Spinelli
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