# Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek (A Memoir)

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- Authors: [Maya Van Wagenen](https://www.bookquiver.com/maya-van-wagenen)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2014-04-15

## Description

" School is the armpit of life," my best friend Kenzie once told me. My School is no exception. A memoir, POPULAR is written by 15 year old Maya - a self-proclaimed 'geek' who's baffled at her school's Social Ladder. The jocks, the volleyball girls, the band kids, the outcasts, it felt like a jungle to her. Then Maya meets Betty - or more specifically, the 1952 edition of 'Betty Cornell's Guide to Teenage Popularity' andshe embarks on a brave - and secret - social experiment. Maya follows Betty's vintage wisdom - one chapter at a time (from 'poise' to 'personality' to 'hair' - and even her seat in the dreaded cafeteria) for each month of her school year ahead. In POPULAR, she chronicles the hilarious and poignant results - right up to the culmination of her grand experiment: prom.

## Editions

### Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek (A Memoir)

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: audio
- Length: 6 h 43 min
- Narrated by: Lee Adams
- ISBN: 978-01-4135-867-3
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Language: en_GB

### Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek (A Memoir)

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4135-327-2
- Published: 2014-04-15
- Language: en_GB

### Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek (A Memoir)

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4135-325-8
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2014-04-15
- Language: en_GB