These gestures are meant to show her affection, but people aren't used to such love from strangers.
She shows up to the funeral of a man she doesn't know then buys a child who broke his arm a new bicycle.
However, sometimes Stargirl's kindness crosses the line. It is clear that Leo has feelings for Stargirl in the way that he is embarrassed whenever she notices him. Then some students begin mimicking her style by carrying instruments or wearing interesting backpacks. Stargirl's popularity continues to rise as a few brave students, including a freshman named Dori Dilson, agree to sit with her at lunch. The cheerleading captain, Mallory Stillwell, officially asks Stargirl to become a cheerleader the following week as her antics drew a crowd. Stargirl gains attention at a football game on weekend when she joins the cheerleaders on the field and does a bunch of crazy stunts. One popular senior girl, Hillari Kimble, does not like Stargirl and threatens to drop her rat down a flight of stairs, but she doesn't do it. Leo and his best friend Kevin Quinlan talk about putting her on their school television show called Hot Seat to find out more about this strange student, but Leo puts off talking to her for a long time. Very friendly and kind, people are embarrassed to sit with her because she is so odd: singing happy birthday to people at lunch and dancing outside in the rain. She dresses differently from the other girls, she carries a ukulele and a pet rat, and she was previously homeschooled. Everyone talks about her because she is so unique. A new girl, named Stargirl Carraway, appears at school the first day of his junior year she is a sophomore. The majority of the book takes place when he is sixteen. The novel Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli is told from the first-person point of view of Leo Borlock.