Stargirl

jerry spinelli

Stargirl [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2000] Spinelli, Jerry …

Genres young adultfictioncontemporaryromancerealistic fictionmiddle gradechildrensschoolteencoming of age

null pages, Hardcover

First published June 30,2000

Series

Stargirl

Literary awards

book sense book of the year award, south carolina book award, grand canyon reader award, charlotte award, vermont golden dome book award, michigan library association thumbs up! award, iowa teen award, lincoln award,

Places

the united states of america, arizona, mica arizona,

This edition

Format: null pages, Hardcover
Published: January 1, 2000 by Scholastic
ISBN: 9780439316750
ASIN: 0439316758
Language: English

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About the author

When Jerry Spinelli was a kid, he wanted to grow up to be either a cowboy or a baseball player. Lucky for us he became a writer instead.

He grew up in rural Pennsylvania and went to college at Gettysburg College and Johns Hopkins University. He has published more than 25 books and has six children and 16 grandchildren.
Jerry Spinelli began writing when he was 16 — not much older than the hero of his book Maniac Magee. After his high school football team won a big game, his classmates ran cheering through the streets — all except Spinelli, who went home and wrote a poem about the victory. When his poem was published in the local paper, Spinelli decided to become a writer instead of a major-league shortstop.

In most of his books, Spinelli writes about events and feelings from his own childhood. He also gets a lot of material from his seven adventurous kids! Spinelli and his wife, Eileen, also a children's book author, live in Pennsylvania.