NMLP P-042799 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Stargirl

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

The US Knopf edition (New York, 2000) is the true first. Correcting the census note slightly: this is not "US-only" — a UK first was published by Orchard Books (London) in 2001, a year later. The Orchard edition is collected as the first British appearance but does not compete for precedence. Later Knopf/Ember trade paperbacks and the film tie-in issue are reprints.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-042799 for "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-042799, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).