Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli Stargirl is a very thought- provoking book. The author‚ Jerry Spinelli has an amazing voice throughout it. Like if you read it‚ you can just know that this book is by Jerry Spinelli without reading the cover. I think he is such an amazing writer. He has this talent to just know to capture the reader- he’s not particularly good at anything else‚ but his writing makes you feel you’re in the story because you understand everything. You want to know what happens next‚ and
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Critical Analysis Paper Stargirl‚ a realistic fiction novel written by Jerry Spinelli‚ was published in New York in 2000. The novel would be a great read for children around the fourth-grade to sixth-grade reading level. The book discusses nonconformity and identity that many children face throughout their school years. Stargirl emphasizes an impactful message for young adolescents regarding personal identity and finding yourself. The book is narrated by Leo Borlock‚ a junior at Mica Area High School
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My book report is on the book ‘Maniac Magee’ by Jerry Spinelli. The reason why I chose ‘Maniac Magee’ is because I love Jerry Spinelli books. They’re always very good. ‘Maniac Magee’ is kind of a ‘warm-your-heart’ book. I’ll tell you a little about the story‚ but not a lot‚ because I don’t want to spoil it for you! The story is about a young boy that runs away from his new home and the few new friends he meets along the way. Some of the characteristics about Magee are that he is sad a lot
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Stargirl by: Jerry Spinelli Spinelli uses a variety of meanings to show how a girl named Stargirl‚ struggles her way through the tenth grade as an abnormal teen. He uses imagery‚ diction‚ tone‚ and voice to narrow down how Stargirl relates to everybody else. The way Spinelli uses imagery is to make a picture with words. For instance‚ Spinelli makes Leo describe Stargirl; “ She wore an off-white dress so long it covered her shoes. It had ruffles around the neck and cuffs and looked
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Throughout the book Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli‚ there are many literary allusions. Most relate to other books‚ but some relate to real life. Stargirl is cheering at a basketball game. Unfortunately they are losing. There‚ Leo makes an interesting observation. “A kid names Ron Kovac. He stood six-foot-eight and averaged thirty points per game. Our players looked like five Davids flailing against Goliath” (69). This quote relates to the biblical story about David and Goliath. In the story‚ Goliath
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“Maniac Magee” by Jerry Spinelli is a novel that introduces the human rights violation of racism to children in elementary schools. Published in the 1990s‚ Spinelli decided to focus on an issue that was not widely discussed within the school systems and chose to inform fifth graders about segregation and the effect this can have on a person’s moral character. Within the novel a prominent theme of a sense of belonging is shown. Through the struggle of finding a home and his fluidity between the segregated
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demons of hunger‚ loss‚ and general sadness due to a group of people disliking their race. Ninety-one precent of people died due to starvation and murder‚ but some still remained positive to the most extent‚ for better and worse. In Milkweed‚ Jerry Spinelli crafts characters who turn the cruelty of the Warsaw Ghetto into hope and happyness. The hope of others could give hope to many and be a reason to live for some. Misha‚ an orphaned boy who has been adopted by a family‚ encounters a Jewish holiday
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In every story there is an antagonist who is fighting against the main character. Maniac makes this true for the book Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. In the first part of the book‚ Maniac annoys people without realising it and without wanting to. In the second part‚ Maniac turns down offers of a better life because of his worries and fears of being hurt by anyone he gets close to. In the last part of the book‚ Maniac chooses to stop looking after himself and gives up on life; he also speaks his mind
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Stephanie Flores Per 2 Milkweed Book Report The book my class was told to do our book reports was on Milkweed. This book is written by the famous author Jerri Spinelli. In this novel‚ there are three main characters which are Misha Pilsudski‚ Janina Milgrom‚ and Uri. Misha is a young boy in the beginning of the story that has no family‚ lives on streets‚ and steals food from people to stay alive. He later joins a big group of kids who also steal food‚ and they live together in places that
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In the book‚ Maniac Magee‚ Jerry Spinelli uses descriptive details‚ dialogue‚ actions‚ and thoughts to develop one of the main characters‚ Amanda. I can show that Amanda was friendly in the story. On page 11‚ Maniac runs into Amanda. Amanda had a suitcase full of books. Maniac asks for a book‚ and Amanda does give him a book. “Jeffrey pointed at the suitcase… ...Jeffrey gasped. ‘Books!’... …’Here!’” The "here" at the end of the sentence shows that Amanda was nice to give Maniac a book since Maniac
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