Star Girl

This book deeply affected me as a teenager in the aughts. I loved and wanted to befriend Stargirl. The image of Archie burying Barney and a scrap of paper, and Archie saying “a word” when Leo asks what's written on the paper—that has stayed in my memory for at least 17 years. Stargirl is one of those books that takes the reader on a journey and irrevocably changes them.