num_pages: 272
description:  A touchingly honest candidly hysterical memoir from breakout teen author Maya Van WagenenStuck at the bottom of the social ladder at pretty much the lowest level of people at school who arent 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 surprisemeeting and befriending Betty Cornell herself. Told with humor and grace Mayas journey offers readers of all ages a thoroughly contemporary example of kindness and self-confidence. 
language: English
title: Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek
publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers