Leo
Borlock is the narrator of 's novel entitled . Leo first becomes aware of
Stargirl Caraway in chapter one of the novel. His friend Kevin hints at it, asking him "Did
you see her?" in the opening line of the chapter. Then Leo hears her name for himself as it
is called in his Earth Sciences class. Here is Leo's description of the first time he sees
Stargirl:
"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 ukelele."
In Chapter 10, Kevin finally secures Stargirl's
agreement to appear on the Hot Seat, a video program that Kevin and Leo
create and produce. The first interaction between Leo and Stargirl is in chapter 12 when she is
on the set of Hot Seat and uses her rat's paw to wave at him. She says the
words "Hi, Leo," as if she is speaking for the rat.
In the , Leo's
mom puts information in the local newspaper about his interest in porcupine neckties, and the
next day a tie shows up with no name attached. Later in the book, Leo finds out that it is
Stargirl, but since Leo did not know it was Stargirl at the time, I don't count it as the first
time he became aware of her.
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