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Reader reviewed by Angelica Maria Denise

Told from the point of view of Leo Borlock, an aware eleventh grader who looks at things from a distance. He knows how Mica Area High School (MAHS) is not a hotspot for noncomformity nor for school spirit. But everything changes faster than a twist in a mystery novel when Stargirl Caraway comes to town. Pet rats, happy wagons, enchanted places, dancing in the rain, flapper dresses, ukeleles! It is all too much for poor Leo. As Archie from Stargirl says: "... she is one of us. Most decidedly, she is more us than we are us. She is, I think, who we really are. Or were.' I recommend it to everyone. It makes me cry, laugh, and wonder around.