Smakebit: Stargirl

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En härlig söndagsförmiddag som kommer följas av läsning under ett parasoll på balkongen. Ljuvligt! Boken jag läser heter Stargirl och är skriven av Jerry Spinelli. Det börjar en ny tjej på Mica High School, hon är så udda att de andra eleverna länge tror att hon är "planterad" där för något okänt mystiskt syfte.

     "You see her?" 
     I heard it in the hallways. I heard it in English and Geometry: "Did you see her?" 
     Who could it be? A new student? A spectacular blonde from California? Or from back East, where many of us came from? Or one of those summer makeovers, someone who leaves in June looking like a little girl and returns in September as a full-bodied woman, a ten-week miracle? 
     And then in Earth Sciences I heard a name: "Stargirl." 
     I turned to the senior slouching behind me. "Stargirl?" I said. "What kind of name is that?" 
     "That's it. Stargirl Caraway. She said it in homeroom. 
     "Stargirl?" 
     "Yeah." 
     And then I saw her. At lunch. She wore an off-white dress so long it covered her shoes. It had ruffles around the neck and cuffs and looked like it could have been her great-grandmother's wedding gown. Her hair was the color of sand. It fell to her shoulders. Something was strapped across her back, but it wasn't a book bag. At first I thought it was a miniature guitar. I found out later it was a ukulele.

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