![]() That book is Betty Cornell’s Teen-Age Popularity Guide, written by former teen model Betty Cornell and published in 1951. Popular is the true story of Maya’s eighth grade year, but the inspiration behind it came from a book written-and purchased-long before Maya was even born. Please excuse the barcode covering Maya’s name… Shout out to Lincoln City Libraries for lending this to me! So today, I’m sharing with you my first pick, Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek by Maya Van Wagenen. And then I realized I’d like to share my finds with you, in case you’d find them of interest. Either way, I decided a comfortable starting place would be to see what related YA/teen nonfiction books had come out since I last looked, as that’s the genre I imagine my future book project would fall under. After I gathered a list, I decided to start working my way through the titles. Or perhaps I’m taking steps in preparation for taking steps to make that dream a reality. ![]() I’m at a place now where I’m taking steps to make that dream a reality. ![]() That particular project was never fully realized, but I still consider the time well-spent.įast-forward to today. This certainly isn’t a new dream for me in fact, I spent a good chunk of the summer before I turned 19 putting together a book proposal. One thing I would love to do in my lifetime is write (and then publish) a book. ![]()
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