Bibliograph

Popular, a memoir : vintage wisdom for a modern geek, Maya Van Wagenen

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Popular, a memoir : vintage wisdom for a modern geek, Maya Van Wagenen

Language

eng

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resource.interestAgeLevel

12 years and up

Literary text for sound recordings

memoirs

Main title

Popular

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Oclc number

883673852

Responsibility statement

Maya Van Wagenen

Sub title

a memoir : vintage wisdom for a modern geek

Summary

Stuck at the bottom of the social ladder at "pretty much the lowest level of people at school who aren't paid to be here, " Maya Van Wagenen decided to begin a unique social experiment: spend the school year following a 1950s popularity guide, written by former teen model Betty Cornell. Can curlers, girdles, Vaseline, and a strand of pearls help Maya on her quest to be popular? The real-life results are painful, funny, and include a wonderful and unexpected surprise-meeting and befriending Betty Cornell herself. Told with humor and grace, Maya's journey offers readers of all ages a thoroughly contemporary example of kindness and self-confidence

Target audience

juvenile

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