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Popular : a memoir : how a geek in pearls discovered the secret to confidence  Cover Image Book Book

Popular : a memoir : how a geek in pearls discovered the secret to confidence

Van Wagenen, Maya (author.).

Summary: Documents a high schooler's year-long attempt to change her social status from misfit to member of the "in" crowd by following advice in a 1950s popularity guide, an experiment that triggered embarrassment, humor, and surprises.

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  • ISBN: 9780147512543
  • ISBN: 0147512549
  • Physical Description: 259 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
    print
  • Publisher: New York : Speak, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA), 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) 2017-18, grades 6-8
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction / by Betty Cornell -- Introduction (or how this whole thing came to be) -- September. Figure problems -- October. Hair -- November. Modeling tricks -- December. Skin problems & makeup -- January. Clothes & what to wear where -- February. Good grooming & away from home -- March. Money (how to earn extra) & on the job -- April. Popular attitude: look pretty-be pretty, are you shy? & personality -- May. It's a date & be a hostess -- Epilogue.
Target Audience Note:
730L Lexile.
Subject: Van Wagenen, Maya
Self-confidence Juvenile literature
Teenage girls Juvenile literature
Life skills Humor

Available copies

  • 9 of 10 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 2 of 3 copies available at Oregon Trail Library District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at OTLD Irrigon Branch.

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  • 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
OTLD Irrigon Branch YA 155.5 VAN (Text) 37818000277956 Young Adult Non-Fiction Available -

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