Argumentative Essay On Stargirl

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In the book stargirl , there's a girl that does not conform to high school norms. She very unique that people find her out if the ordinary. Though she seems odd she knows herself more than others ever would. Due to being her judged she started to become more uniformed as a typical teen. stargirl had a very unique appearance she wore a long white dress almost wedding like material. The kids thought it was odd what she wore and they made fun of her for it they thought she was fake cause of how different she was from the other kids. Stargirl carried around a ukulele and a pet rat. The students didn't like when she sang happy birthday with her ukelele to them. Hillari told stargirl that if she sang her happy birthday that she would not liked

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