NMLP P-042797 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

Stargirl

Jerry Spinelli · Alfred A. Knopf / Knopf Books for Young Readers (New York) · 2000

Knopf has stated "First Edition" on the copyright page consistently since about 1933-34, but reference guides record children's books as a documented exception to that practice, so the number line rather than the statement is the reliable test; a copy showing the statement but a number line beginning at 2 or higher is a later printing

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-042797 for "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-042797, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).