Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780380006595
ISBN number: 0380006596
Label: Avon Books
Manufacturer: Avon Books
Page Count: 191
Printing Date: 1976
Publishing house: Avon Books
Sale Popularity Level: 1375731
Studio: Avon Books
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Star Girl was my favorite book when I was a child. I checked it out of the school library three times and never wanted to return it. I was completely enchanted by the lost little girl (78 years old with violet eyes and gigantic diamonds around her neck) who arrives on earth without her father and is taken in by a human family. I often think about this magical book and think it would delight today's young girls. It is a classic and should be reissued.
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That reviewer is reviewing Stargirl by Spinelli, not Star Girl by Henry Winterfeld. Just wanted to clear up any misconceptions.
I would recommend them both, however for vastly different reasons. The Spinelli book is definately not Sci-Fi.
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I thought that Stargirl was such an amazing story. It was so good that at the end, I started to cry. This story is about a girl named Stargirl who is the new, weird and different student at Mica High. She would play her ukulele for other students birthdays, put a table cloth on her desk, and just be plain weird.She was asked to be put on the show called "Hot Seat" ran by two best friends named Leo and Kevin. She was a disaster on the show and everybody got mad at her. Later on in the story, she moves away where nobody knows. Leo and Kevin are sad at the end and start to cry.
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My sister is turning 50 this year and I wanted to find her a copy of Star Girl. As children we read and reread this story together, as sisters, wondering at how beautiful the little girl from another planet was and how glorious it must be to be the center of attention like she was! I remember it taking me away when I read it and I hope when she rereads it and shows it to her children, they are pulled into it as we were.
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When I was 9 years old, I accompanied my father to work one day. He managed a huge salvage yard, where I was free to crawl into old cars, play with old typewriters and cash registers, imagine that the whole place was my secret paradise, and take home any book that passed my father's approval. It was in this grand place over 30 years ago, that I discovered Henry Winterfeld's "Star Girl." I read it over and over again until one day, by accident, it was damaged beyond repair and rendered illegible. I was heartbroken. From that day on, I searched for another copy and finally located one through an interlibrary loan. I handed it to my children and said, "Read it." For parents wanting to introduce their child to Science Fiction, this story is a real winner. An alien child named "Mo" falls from her father's spaceship and is befriended and hidden by earthling children until the spacecraft's return. "Mo" is lovely, curious, unpredictable and memorable. Her reunion with her father is sweet and reassuring. If you are lucky enough to obtain a personal copy, make sure every child in your life gets an opportunity to read it. "Star Girl" will remain in the reader's heart for many years, and he or she will cherish you for it. Primarily for children 3rd through 6th grade.
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