Vintage wisdom for a modern geek5/12/2023 ![]() I was inspired by journey and made a point of saving a copy of Popular for my sister, who starts middle school this fall. I will be saving my copy to give to my daughter when she is a little older Jo Elvin, Glamour It is charming, touching, entertaining - and brought back a lot of memories about my own high school anxieties. Margaret Stohl, bestselling co-author of the bestselling Beautiful Creatures series A teenage John Green for the next generation. ![]() ![]() ![]() Told with humour and grace, Mayas journey offers readers of all ages a thoroughly contemporary example of kindness and self-confidence. The real-life results are painful, funny, and include a wonderful and unexpected surprise-meeting and befriending Betty Cornell herself. Can curlers, girdles, Vaseline, and a strand of pearls help Maya on her quest to be popular? Stuck 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. ![]() Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek is a touchingly honest, candidly hysterical memoir from breakout teen author Maya Van Wagenen. ![]()
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