Awards & Reviews

An American Library Association Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2000

A Parent's Guide to Children's Media Honor Book

Winner of the Parents' Choice 2000 Fiction Gold Award

Winner of the NAIBA Book Award for Children's Literature

A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year

A Book Sense Book of the Year Finalist

An ABC Children's Bookseller's Choice

A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age

A New York Times Bestseller

Reviews

*"Spinelli poses searching questions about loyalty to one's friends and oneself and leaves readers to form their own answers."
-Publishers Weekly, starred

*"Once again Spinelli takes his readers on a journey where choices between the self and the group must be made, and he is wise enough to show how hard they are, even when sweet."
-Kirkus Reviews, starred

"A poetic, allegorical tale about the magnificence and rarity of true nonconformity."
-New York Times Book Review

"Stargirl...shines brightly in the galaxy of this season's new literature."
-Christian Science Monitor

"A wonderful tribute to nonconformity."
-Chicago Tribune

"A luminescent new book."
-Detroit Free Press

"You'll long remember this stunning novel about a girl who dares to be utterly herself amid a hotbed of high school conformity."
-Seattle Post Intelligencer

"Ripe for multi-level discussion."
-Bookpage

"[A] glorious tale of nonconformity."
-Philadelphia Inquirer

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