Wagenen. M. V. (2014). Popular: vintage wisdom for a modern geek: a memoir. Penguin Group. Maya is a Junior High student that is not popular at school. At her school's popularity scale she and her friends fall under the social outcast group until the day she comes upon a book her father bought at a garage sale. Betty Cornell's Teenage Popularity Guide written by Betty Cornell in 1951 made a huge impact on Maya's social life. It all started when her mother suggested she follow Cornell's advice this year and write about it. Maya did just that and to her surprise although the book was written so many years ago it actually worked. Maya became popular with all social groups. She did this by following a suggestion in Cornell's book of sitting in other people's tables during lunch. By doing this she was able to meet all those kids that she was once afraid of. One strength I found was when Maya wrote, "Now I know and talk to more people than I ever thought possible. I've learned lots of people are afraid to make the first move in a conversation," She forced herself to approach new people. Something she couldn't of done if it wasn't for Cornell's book.  She knew she made a difference. All the social groups accepted her in their tables something that had never been done before. Other book like this one is How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot.  What I learned form reading this book is that being popular is not being a part of the cheerleaders and football players social group, but instead it means knowing people from every social group in school. Maya wrote that the closest she was to being popular was when she opened her introverted circle and allowed everyone in.