The question was whether Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli should be added to my leveled
reader collection in the grades 3-5 school. The set of Stargirl paperbacks was a
donation from a teacher. The book is not on our "regular"/student collection
shelves. This would be a "literature circle" choice offered by teachers to
students.
The responses I got were about 50/50.
Some of us have it in out K-5 libraries and find it to be popular among the mature
4th and 5th grade readers. Most who've read it agree there's nothing too shocking
in it for young readers, but the emotional level of the characters is definitely at
the MS/HS level.
Others say, that BECAUSE of the characters' emotions/teenage angst, the book is
best left until the readers are of the same age as the book's characters despite
the universal themes of fitting in, making choices for friendship, etc.
Thanks for your help.
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Marcia Dressel, K-5 Librarian @ the
Elementary and Intermediate Schools
Osceola, WI
dressel@osceola.k12.wi.us <mailto:dressel@osceola.k12.wi.us>
http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/MDressel/
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