Maya Van Wagenen is sixteen 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 rural Georgia. She is a junior in high school but still shares a room with her sixth grade brother. Remarkably, they have not yet killed each other.
"Maya’s voice is fresh and frank, and her experiences at a middle
school near the Mexican border provide an often overlooked
perspective." —Booklist
“Everyone’s happiness project looks different, and I was utterly
charmed by Maya Van Wagenen’s honest, funny, and thought-provoking
account of her efforts to become ‘popular.’” —Gretchen Rubin, #1
bestselling author of The Happiness Project
“Maya Van Wagenen’s memoir, Popular, would have been wonderful to
read as a kid, and so reassuring to Nerdy Teenage Me. Her year-long
experiment in popularity is timeless; the intelligent and humane
way she gets to the heart of the matter is uniquely her. Funny,
determined, and wry, Van Wagenen has written a wise, heartfelt
guide for other kids eager to keep up.” —Rachel Hartman,
bestselling author of Seraphina
"Geeky and dorky, but never wimpy, Maya Van Wagenen is as powerful
and honest as she is quirky and funny—and startlingly gifted. She’s
the real deal, folks, a teenage John Green for the next generation.
Stunning.” —Margaret Stohl, bestselling co-author of the Beautiful
Creatures series
"An interesting and earnest memoir." —Kirkus Reviews
"While completely appropriate for middle school readers, Popular is
even more entertaining for adults. Van Wagenen is a uniquely
gifted talent with a gem of a first novel." —VOYA
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