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[2014], Adolescent, Dutton Juvenile Call No: 155.5 33 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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," Brownsville, Texas, newcomer Maya Van Wagenen decided to begin a unique social experiment: spend the eighth grade 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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Ã2014., Adolescent, Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), LLC Call No: 155.5 VAN WAGENEN Availability:5 of 5 At Location(s) Summary Note: " A touchingly honest, candidly hysterical memoir from breakout teen author Maya Van Wagenen 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 tobegin 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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2015., Juvenile, Speak Call No: B Wagenen Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: The author, seventh-grader Maya van Wagenen, decides to embark on a year-long social experiment and follow the advice of a 1950s popularity guide written by former teen model Betty Cornell. Describes the humorous, humiliating, and heartwarming results of the author's quest to become popular.