Language: A few exclamations of Diety. Crap or crappy is used often. And a few mild insults like when Alvina says her little brother is a “pimple on my butt.”

Violence: A boy kicks and moons his sister. A girl, who is often angry, says that she wants to “kill all the boys” and “mow them down.” She also screams at her brother and says “I’ll kill you.” A bowling trophy is broken and Alvina’s hand is sliced

Sexual Content: A mention of “hanky-panky.” There’s a joke made about a boy who went to “booty camp.” A girl gives a boy a long kiss while several other girls are watching. The boy is said to have a “harem.” Stargirl thinks a good deal about kissing a boy. She finally gets kissed by the boy. Mention is made of a rat getting pregnant in a boy’s shirt pocket and that the pocket must have been very fertile.

Adult Themes: A woman is agoraphobic and won’t come out of her house. A man lost his wife and spends everyday sitting by her grave in the cemetery.

Synopsis

A year after Stargirl moves from Arizona, she begins a letter. She tells of all the goings on in her new neighborhood like her new best friend, Dootsie, and the old man who spends his days next to the grave of his lost love, building a calendar on a hill and the horror movie re-enactment in town, helping neighbors and strangers and her own happiness. Stargirl is still Stargirl doing things differently than the norm and all the while she is still pining for her first love, Leo.

I enjoyed the book, although it had a very different tone than that of the first book, Stargirl. I liked hearing Stargirl’s adventures from her own perspective. (The first book was written from Leo’s point of view.) A fun and clean book about embracing the things in you that set you apart from others and being friends with everyone, no matter the way they look, what they do or how they act.