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The Starplace (Novel)

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The Starplace was a very great book. It was about a girl named Frannie who lives in a town called Quiver. The setting is back in the 1960s when there was a lot of racism. In the town of Quiver, there aren't many blacks in this town, there is a haunted house were an old man use to live. Everyone thinks that the house is haunted. One ordinary day Frannie was going to her moms work and sees a black man going out from her office. Frannie finds out that he has bought the old haunted house. The man has a daughter named Celeste. When summer break ends and Frannie and her friends go back to school, she sees Celeste at school. No one talks to her because of the color of her skin. When people pass by her in the hallway they stay at least five feet away. Celeste happens to be the first colored girl to go to the Quiver school. Frannie starts talking to her and they become the best of friends. Many other people that Frannie hangs out with talk to Celeste, too. They stick up for her and hang out with her. Celeste is a very good singer. She takes choir class with Frannie. They try out for a group for singers and they both make it. They sing all around the town of Quiver. Then when they have reauditions Celeste does not make the team because the color of her skin. This makes Frannie very upset. Frannie one day sees Celeste and her father in her backyard looking at the field behind her house. Frannie is very curious. Frannie sees them picking up something that looks like a burnt finger. Celeste tells her everything about her great grandfather that had to do with that field and a cave in the woods. Celeste and her dad moved to Quiver because her dad wanted to write a book about the cave and the field. There are many mysteries that have to do with the field and the cave. The book that her dad writes has to do with her great granfather and his time in Quiver. It has to do with the poeple hanging the colored people in their town. In addition, the cave has to do with where a colored guy was dragged after he was beaten and cut many times. Celeste was very sad and emotional over this. When her and Frannie were in the cave they found mangles that happened to be from the colored guy that was beaten. At the end, Celeste gives her the burnt finger which is actually a harmonica that was her great grandfathers. The book is called Starplace because Celeste and Frannie have a place where they like to hang out and they like to sing with each other. They call it their Starplace. They call each other star sisters. The main conflict in this book is just because Celeste is colored people do not talk to her and try to avoid her. Frannie makes a difference by talking to her and had people starting to talk to her. This book has a lot to do about racism. Frannie trys to create a difference by having a colored friend and showing that they are not different then regular white people. This book is good to read if you like books about true friendships. If you like a little mystery there is some in here for you to read. Girls and Boys should read this it could teach you a thing or two about friendships and how important they are.

this book was a fast read, but it shared a meaningful message about interracial relationships in the 1960's when segregation was a very prominent issue. i found this book extremely touching and i recommend it to anyone, regardless of age! frannie and celeste share a wonderful honest relationship that no one should miss out on!

This was a great book. It's about a girl named Frannie who becomes friends' with an African-American girl named Celeste. what got me hooked on the book was the secret at the end of it. Read it and find out what it is.

I absolutely loved this book. It had a great message. I was reading it for a school book report. We had to write our own review too!
This book has excitement, racism, a ghost story, and even a luau! The main character is Frannie Driscoll. She is 13 (like me!) She has three best friends. Kelly, who loves horses, Margot, who thinks she's French, and Nancy, who acts like a mom. Frannie meets a new friend Celeste , who is black. Other people look down upon her. Frannie looks up upon her. Frannie sets a good example for the rest of her friends.
That's what I love about this book. Frannie shows tolerance and shows that it doesn't hurt to have a black friend. In this book there are mean examples of racism and since it's set in the 60's, no one thinks it's wrong. Well I think you'll enjoy this book. I know I did.
Oh, by the way, the starplace is an old rocket ship slide that was apart of a playground that was taken down for haunted purposes.
Thanks for reading my review!
McKenzie Lambert....

Racism has existed in our country/society for numerous years, and even until today, racism still exists. Frannie lives in town, in which all of the inhabitants are “white.” Celeste is an African-American girl and tries to get accustomed to her new surrounding, with Frannie’s help. Frannie learns how racism exists in her society, and also learns the problems Celeste must go through each and every day. The Starplace is a great example of how a friendship will be useful in surviving in the rough society, that people live in. People must realize that life will not be a walk in the park, but more like an endless job. This book greatly describes how people must help each other out, and pull each other through the hard times. I’m not the type of person who reads during my leisure time, but this book was very worthwhile to read. I advise all of you to read this book because this book will describe/explain to you, the importance of sharing honest, fun, and strong friendships with others.

Set in Quiver, Oklahoma in 1961, a 13-year old girl named Frannie becomes friends with an African-American girl Celeste. Celeste is the first and only African-American student to attend Quiver Junior High School. Initially, Frannie grapples with having a friendship with Celeste or maintaining the acceptance of her peers. This friendship blossoms after the two are selected to be a part of an all-girl vocal ensemble. Through this friendship, Frannie learns a lot about prejudice, segregation, and injustice. Through Celeste's fathers' research of his genealogy, the girls realize that the town of Quiver holds a lot of secrets including include a history of Klan activity. The two girls find a secret "starplace" where thy meet and share their deepest inner most thoughts. This book falls into the genre of historical fiction. The accounts in the story are historically accurate, but unfortunately some of the actions of the characters are far too unrealistic for the time period for which the book is written. Most of the students are far too welcoming of Celeste. Also, Celeste's characterization is far too idealized, portraying her as having all positive traits. The feeling of the early 1960s is strong in spite of a few phrases and slang terms that sound more modern. This book is for middle and junior high students, but I would only use this book after careful consideration. In addition, the students would need background knowledge of Klan activity and the horrid acts committed by its members. This aspect is only slightly touched upon in the novel.

One of the star sisters

When school starts at Quiver Junior High Celeste is the new student and the first ever black student. When Frannie meets Celeste she likes her and wants to be her friend but wonders what others will say. Frannie has also had been planning a luau. With Celeste in her choir class they try out for the soloist group to see if they can beat the popular girls. Read the book to figure out if Celeste makes friends, if the luau goes according to plan, and if Celeste and Frannie make the cut.

The book, The Starplace is an awesome book that explains the friendship between a black girl and a white girl. A girl named Celeste moves to Quiver, Oklahoma. Frannie is a white girl who has a lot of friends where she lives. We can learn a lot from the friendship of Celeste and Frannie. We can learn that it doesn't matter if you're blue, green, yellow, pink, or even striped to have a friend. Celeste and Frannie had a powerful friendship, but the people of the town really wanted them to not be friends. They stood by each other every inch of the way. I really love this book because I can relate to this book. I can because I have a black friend, I even have black friends.

I picked up this book that were layed on a counter in the office after I had won King Labs student of the week award. I picked it up because reading books about friendship are so interesting to me. But I didn't think that the book was going to be that great. But by the time I finished reading it I fell in love with this book. I guess its because I love the two main characters.I mean living in a time period where there are so many issues between the different races of people in america is hard on a friendship where they are not of the same race. But the two girls don't let that stop them from becoming the best of friends.There are no flaws.The end of the book kind of suprised me but later It made more sense. Read this book because I know that you'll love it as much as I do and many of the other people who have read it.

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This book takes place in Quiver, Oklahoma, 1961. In the beginning Frannie and her friends want to start 8th grade off with a totally blow-out party. When they are planning the party they agree to invite the whole 8th grade to it. But they reconsider when Celeste Chisholm comes to Quiver from St. Louis. Celeste is the first Negro to attend Quiver Junior High. Everybody ignores Celeste except for Frannie. Frannie really gets to know Celeste when they are assigned to a vocal ensemble together. Frannie soon becomes best friends with Celeste and the two girls practice singing together in an old playground rocket ship. From there they make it their special Star Place and they develop an inseparable and unbreakable friendship. Soon Frannie finds out some secrets of Celeste's. Including the reason Celeste really came to Quiver. Frannie and Celeste share everything together and Frannie knows some of it won't turn out good . . . .
This book was OK. It got a little interesting in the middle but it never got more interesting than that. I wouldn't recommend this book, and with a rating from 1 to 10, I'd rate this book a 6 because it didn't particularly catch my interest very much. This book was slow reading for me because of how little it interested me.