Every bit as good as the first. Some of the more eccentric town characters take some suspension of disbelief, but on the whole, Stargirl's story is by turns heartwarming and heartbreaking as she documents--in "the world's longest letter"--the year that follows her breakup with Leo and her move from the Arizona desert. This is the year she hits bottom; her happiness wagon--with 20 pebbles in it a year earlier, First Kiss Day--shrinks to just one stone. Stargirl clings to herself, unwilling to turn into plain Susan for a second time in a year, and it's that strength of spirit that might eventually save her--and some others, as well. 
 I can't put my finger on what it is that makes this book so wonderful--it's sweet and touching and poetic but never crosses into saccharine or treacly. I guess it just is what it is--much like Stargirl herself.