Production companies involved with the film were expected to include Gotham Group and BCDF Pictures, with the latter also financing the film. The novel was initially adapted by Kristin Hahn who was also set to produce the film. On July 15, 2015, it was announced that director Catherine Hardwicke was set to direct an adaptation of Jerry Spinelli's novel Stargirl for Walt Disney Pictures.
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Later, Stargirl tries out for the Speech regionals against Kevin and wins with an unusual speech on rats. Archie ( Giancarlo Esposito), the owner of the local paleontologist camp, tells Leo that Stargirl lives with her single mother and was home schooled much of her life. She begins hanging out with Leo and tries to get him to come out of his shell.
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Stargirl becomes a good luck charm for the football team when she sings " We Got the Beat". Kevin and Leo invite her onto their show, but she politely declines.
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Later, while their losing football team, the Mudfrogs, are playing, Stargirl performs " Be True to Your School", that energizes them, and they almost get their first win. One day, the free-spirited Stargirl Caraway ( Grace VanderWaal), makes an impression on Leo when she sings "Happy Birthday" to him on a ukulele in front of the school. In high school, Leo plays trumpet in the marching band and helps his friend Kevin Singh ( Karan Brar), a member of the A.V. On each birthday, he has received a new porcupine tie from an unknown person. Leo Borlock ( Graham Verchere) wears a porcupine tie in remembrance of his late father.