02127cam a2200361 i 4500 227041504 TxAuBib 20150717120000.0 140310s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014000236 9780525426813 hardback 0525426817 hardback (OCoLC)860755382 TxAuBib rda Wagenen, Maya van. Popular a memoir : Vintage wisdom for a modern geek / Maya Van Wagenen. New York : Dutton Juvenile, [2014] 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier " A touchingly honest, candidly hysterical memoir from breakout teen author Maya Van Wagenen 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. "-- Provided by publisher. 20150717. Self-confidence Juvenile literature. Life skills Humor. Teenage girls Juvenile literature. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Literary. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Humor / General. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Adolescence. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / New Experience. ftp://ppftpuser:welcome@ftp01.penguingroup.com/Booksellers and Media/Covers/2008_2009_New_Covers/9780525426813.jpg Cover image TXTLL