Popular by maya van wagenen5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() It’s inspirational and emotional and important. I won’t give much away because I want people to just experience the book with out me telling you what happens, but she learns so much about herself and those around her. Her dedication to the project was commendable, she tries things that I wouldn’t have dared to at school. ![]() She is clever and articulate, she writes beautifully and she is wise beyond her years. However very early on in the book I realised that Maya is a very special person. I didn’t think there was much I could learn from reading the experiences of a 13-year-old learning about popularity. As an adult it’s easy to forget how hard school can be and how much you just want to fit in. My first instinct would be to question the need to be popular, or to have to change yourself to please others. Subjects covered included clothing, appearance, figure, meeting people, and earning money amongst other things. She decided to spend her final year of school following the advice from the book and seeing if Betty’s ideas worked. One day she discovered a guide to popularity written by former model Betty Cornell in 1954. Maya had been struggling with the hierarchy at her middle school and felt herself languishing at the bottom of the social ladder. A few weeks ago I was contacted by Penguin Books about Popular, a book written by American Teenager Maya Van Wagenan. ![]()
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