Love, Stargirl

Stargirl notices a house on fire as she goes to Calendar Hill. She radios her mother for help while she tries to wake the residents in the home. She places Cinnamon in a mailbox for safety. She smashes a chair through a window but succumbs to the smoke. Stargirl awakens in the hospital suffering from severe smoke inhalation and a badly injured ankle. Fortunately, the house was empty, but Cinnamon is missing, and Stargirl is devastated. Dootsie visits and cries at Stargirl’s appearance. Alvina comes and yells at Stargirl for being stupid, signifying she and Stargirl are friends again. The Honeybees stop by, and Stargirl decides she likes them. Perry shows her a newspaper article praising her heroism. Once home, Stargirl’s happy wagon is empty because of Cinnamon. She has pneumonia and must wear a splint and use crutches. Her mother emotionally refuses to let her go to Calendar Hill.

Fortunately, Arnold finds Cinnamon on his walk and takes him home. He and his mother, Rita Wishart, return Cinnamon to an ecstatic Stargirl. Once off her crutches, Stargirl visits Margie who has the article taped to her window and gives Stargirl recovery donuts; Betty Lou, who cries as if they are sisters; and

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