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Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek
Dutton
April 2014
On Sale: April 15, 2014
272 pages
ISBN: 0525426817
EAN: 9780525426813
Kindle: B00GY9SNWI
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Non-Fiction Memoir
A breakout teen author explores the true meaning of popularity in a hysterically funny, touchingly honest contemporary memoir.
Can curlers, girdles, Vaseline, and a strand of pearls help a shy girl become popular?
Maya Van Wagenen is about to find out.
Stuck near the bottom of the social ladder at “pretty much the lowest level of people at school who aren’t paid to be here,” Maya has never been popular. But before starting eighth grade, she decides to begin a unique social experiment: spend the school year following a 1950s popularity guide, written by former teen model Betty Cornell.
The real-life results are hilarious, painful, and filled with unexpected surprises. Told with humor and grace, Maya’s journey offers readers of all ages a thoroughly contemporary example of kindness and self-confidence, along with a better understanding of what it means to be popular.
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