SYMBOLISM / MOTIFS / IMAGERY / SYMBOLS

In Chapter Nine is a description of previously dormant mud frogs awakening in the Sonoran Desert. They symbolize the students whose dormant inside Stargirl awakened.

The desert symbolizes how the author thinks of.........

KEY FACTS

Title:
Stargirl

Author:
Jerry Spinelli

Date Published:
2000

Meaning of the Title:
Refers to the name Susan Caraway gave to herself. Archie Brubaker said Star people are rare. You will be lucky to meet another. He thinks of Stargirl as one of the star people.

Setting:
Mica, Arizona

Genre:
young adult novel, realistic fiction, school story

Protagonist:
Susan Caraway, alias Stargirl

Antagonists:
Hillari Kimble, and, to a lesser degree, the whole student body of Mica Area High School, except for.........

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