

Also, it's not just a stream of consciousness, with little plot or climax like the first book. I really like the form of the book, a series of letters written to her old boyfriend Leo, as well as a few other characters. This was definitely easier to read than Stargirl.

By the end of that book, Stargirl is so hurt and bewildered that she and her family decide to move to Pennsylvania, which is where the sequel Love, Stargirl begins. She develops a crush on a boy named Leo who returns her feelings but is too embarrassed to act on them. Although she is made fun of for being different, she remains a unique, warm-hearted person. In the first book, Stargirl had been home-schooled her whole life before moving to Arizona, where her first public school experience is difficult, as she becomes a target for ridicule, when she is not being completely ignored or excluded. The adolescent, whimsical girl who renamed herself Stargirl, and was the main character in the novel Stargirl, appears again in this sequel Love, Stargirl, also by Jerry Spinelli.
