Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek (A Memoir)

byMaya Van Wagenen

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"School is the armpit of life," my best friend Kenzie once told me. My School is no exception.

A memoir, POPULAR is written by 15 year old Maya - a self-proclaimed 'geek' who's baffled at her school's Social Ladder. The jocks, the volleyball girls, the band kids, the outcasts, it felt like a jungle to her. Then Maya meets Betty - or more specifically, the 1952 edition of 'Betty Cornell's Guide to Teenage Popularity' andshe embarks on a brave - and secret - social experiment.

Maya follows Betty's vintage wisdom - one chapter at a time (from 'poise' to 'personality' to 'hair' - and even her seat in the dreaded cafeteria) for each month of her school year ahead. In POPULAR, she chronicles the hilarious and poignant results - right up to the culmination of her grand experiment: prom.

Everyone's happiness project looks different, and I was utterly charmed by Maya Van Wagenen's honest, funny, and thought-provoking account of her efforts to become 'popular'.

Gretchen Rubin, #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project

About Maya Van Wagenen

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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780141353258
  • Length: 272 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 17mm x 129mm
  • Weight: 191g
  • Price: £8.99
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