Popular : vintage wisdom for a modern geek / Maya Van Wagenen.
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TextDescription: 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: 9780525426813 (hardback); 0525426817 (hardback)Subject(s): Self-confidence -- Juvenile literature | Life skills -- Juvenile humor -- Juvenile literature | Teenage girls -- Juvenile literature | Life skills -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 155.5/33 LOC classification: BF575.S39 | W34 2014Online resources: Cover image Summary: "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. "--
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 921/WAGENEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500039819 |
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"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. "--
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