Surprisingly, chapter 16 of 's
is not dense with similes. That's surprising in this book, because so
often Leo is trying to compare Stargirl with something or anything familiar, and he is unable to
do it all that well. Stargirl is far too unique to be easily compared to things.
Chapter 16 has Leo going to Stargirl's house. He has fully realized that he likes her,
but he is unsure of exactly how to proceed. Leo tells readers that he wanted to walk to her
house in order to feel the step-by-step progression of getting closer to her, and the slow
walking allows for his tension to rise "like fizz in a soda bottle."
Stargirl engages in the conversation first, and soon after that, Stargirl's rat makes
its way over to where Leo is standing. Leo is not too keen at first about having a rat near him
and on him, but he eventually warms up to the rat, and readers get a goodthat describes the
rat's eyes.
His eyes shone like black pearls.
The final simile of the chapter is also focused on the rat. Leo
eventually gets comfortable enough with the rat to allow it to lick him. Leo is shocked that a
rat would do that. He has never once considered that a rat licks, and readers get a description
of the small tongue and how it is rough like a cat's tongue.
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