Her year-long experiment in popularity is timeless the intelligent and humane way she gets to the heart of the matter is uniquely her. Stunning." -Margaret Stohl, bestselling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures series, Praise for Popular : "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 "Maya Van Wagenen's memoir, Popular, would have been wonderful to read as a kid, and so reassuring to Nerdy Teenage Me. She's the real deal, folks, a teenage John Green for the next generation.
Funny, determined, and wry, Van Wagenen has written a wise, heartfelt guide for other kids eager to keep up." -Rachel Hartman, bestselling author of Seraphina "Geeky and dorky, but never wimpy, Maya Van Wagenen is as powerful and honest as she is quirky and funny-and startlingly gifted.
Praise for Popular : "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 "Maya Van Wagenen's memoir, Popular, would have been wonderful to read as a kid, and so reassuring to Nerdy Teenage Me. 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. The real-life results are hilarious, painful, and filled with unexpected surprises. 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. 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. Maybe if I had read it when I was her age, it could have saved me from a world of hurt, or at least put that world in perspective." -Maude Apatow, New York Times Book Review Can curlers, girdles, Vaseline, and a strand of pearls help a shy girl become popular? Maya Van Wagenen is about to find out. "I was inspired by journey and made a point of saving a copy of 'Popular' for my sister, who starts middle school this fall. 2015 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction New York Times Bestseller A breakout teen author explores the true meaning of popularity and how to survive middle school in this hysterically funny, touchingly honest contemporary memoir.
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