What a lovely book.  The title character, Stargirl Caraway, is a non-conformist rara avis who loves to do nice deeds for others.  The story focuses on her tumultuous relationshp as a student in a high school where nonconformity is rewarded one day and scorned the the next.  Stargirl is a strange intersection of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Big Fish.  There is something very adolescent somber about this book, and yet Stargirl feels like a tall tale in many ways too.  This book is another YA fiction, so if that’s not your thing, stay away.