Stargirl has moved and left everything at the rear of: Az, Mica Large, enchanted desert places-and Leo. He’s all she can consider, and her life begins to feel just like a parade of unhappy anniversaries. Then Stargirl matches her wonderfully bizarre fresh neighbours: Dootsie, the curly-headed five-year-old “individual bean”; Betty Lou, who hasn’t stepped outside her home for nine years; Charlie, who rests among the tombstones; hot-tempered Alvina with that one glittery toe nail; and Perry Delloplane, the blue-eyed thief who soon lays his very own claim to Stargirl’s center.

In characters to Leo over the course of a year, Stargirl involves find hope in fresh areas: mockingbirds, donut angels, moon flowers, and the wintertime Solstice. But what’s life without Leo? Will he-can he-answer that one crucial question she asks each morning to the rising sun?