Popular : : a Memoir : Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek

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Call Number: Teen 155.533 Wa, Teen Book / Nonfiction / Biography
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Traverwood Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Teen, 1st Floor 4-week checkout	Teen 155.533 Wa	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Nonfiction / Biography	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Nonfiction / Biography	4-week checkout	On Shelf

" 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.

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intriguing submitted by Lilymarie on August 21, 2015, 11:46am very intriguing and you will absolutaly fall in love with this book

Amazing! submitted by fluttercam on June 16, 2018, 4:50pm This book is incredible, and the fact that it's a true story makes it even more amazing.