"Geeky Teen Lands Book Deal by Following '50s Social Tips"

[Roxy Tart {PL Team / Comm. Mgr}]

This is is an awesome story! I love hearing about young people who turn to the past for advice. And hopefully with the book and movie, more teens and tweens will. 

How does a geeky 8th grader become popular in a new school? 

Would you believe white gloves, pearls and form-fitting girdles? 

That, at least, was the right recipe for Maya Van Wagenen, now 15, who tried to fit into a new class in Brownsville, Texas, by turning to a 1950s advice book, Betty Cornell's Teen-age Popularity Guide. 

.....read the rest here:

http://www.people.com/people/mobile/article/0,,20750553,00.html

[Desirée {PL Team}]

So awesome!