{"product_id":"popular-vintage-wisdom-for-a-modern-gee","title":"Popular Vintage Wisdom For A Modern Gee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePopular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek\u003c\/i\u003e is a touchingly honest, candidly hysterical memoir from breakout teen author Maya Van Wagenen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''School is the armpit of life . . . and my school is no exception''\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStuck 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? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe real-life results are painful, funny, and include a wonderful and unexpected surprise-meeting and befriending Betty Cornell herself. Told with humour and grace, Maya''s journey offers readers of all ages a thoroughly contemporary example of kindness and self-confidence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The real deal. . . \u003cb\u003eA teenage John Green\u003c\/b\u003e for the next generation. \u003cb\u003eStunning\u003c\/b\u003e.''  Margaret Stohl, bestselling co-author of the bestselling Beautiful Creatures series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003ePopular\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ewonderful\u003c\/b\u003e. It is \u003cb\u003echarming\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003etouching\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eentertaining\u003c\/b\u003e - and brought back a lot of memories about my own high school anxieties. I will be saving my copy to give to my daughter when she is a little older'' Jo Elvin, \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''I was \u003cb\u003einspired\u003c\/b\u003e by [Maya''s] journey and made a point of saving a copy of ''Popular'' for my sister, who starts middle school this fall. 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, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Made me smile, giggle and question what my idea of popularity really is . .  \u003cb\u003eA must read\u003c\/b\u003e this summer'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian Books Blog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Honest\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003efunny\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003ethought-provoking\u003c\/b\u003e.'' Gretchen Rubin, #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Her year-long experiment in popularity is \u003cb\u003etimeless\u003c\/b\u003e; the \u003cb\u003eintelligent\u003c\/b\u003e and humane way she gets to the heart of the matter is uniquely her. \u003cb\u003eFunny\u003c\/b\u003e, determined, and wry, Van Wagenan has written a \u003cb\u003ewise\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eheartfelt\u003c\/b\u003e guide for other kids eager to keep up.''\u003cb\u003e Rachel Hartman, NYT bestselling author of Seraphina\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A talented writer, she''s funny, thoughtful and self-effacing . . . Teens will readily identify with her'' \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the author:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMaya Van Wagenen is fifteen years old.  When she was eleven, her family moved to Brownsville, Texas, the setting of Popular. When not hunched over a desktop writing, Maya enjoys reading, British Television, and chocolate.  She now lives with her parents and two siblings in a rural Georgia.  She is a sophomore in high school but still shares a room with her sixth grade brother.  Remarkably they have not yet killed each other.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319740670334,"sku":"NW9780141353258","price":9.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141353258.jpg?v=1778728311","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/popular-vintage-wisdom-for-a-modern-gee","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}