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My week was filled with family activities helping my kids prepare a project for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. As a result, I didn't read quite as much as I would like. I'm still working on Vango: Between Sky and Earth by Timothee de Fombelle and translated by Sarah Ardizzone. This past week in the library, however, the Lone Star Reading list books finally arrived. For more on the list please click here.
One of the books that made the list is Popular: a memoir by Maya Van Wagenen. I had the privilege of meeting Miss Van Wagenen last year at the TLA Annual conference in San Antonio. I was so impressed with her; she is but a mere teenager. Don't let her age fool you, however. She is now an accomplished author. Her first published book has received many accolades including the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction.
Van Wagenen got the idea for the book from her parents. She discovered a book her parents had purchased years earlier and forgot: Betty Cornell's Teen-age Popularity Guide which was published in the 1950s. Van Wagenen's parents suggested she try out the advice secretly for a year and see how it went, consider it an experiment. Van Wagenen accepted the challenge; she considered herself socially awkward, so what did she have to lose? Set in Texas, the book is an honest look at what teenagers go through trying to navigate the social world around them. Some of the suggestions are way out of date, like wearing a girdle, but Van Wagenen learned many lessons along the way. I was impressed by the author last year and am even more impressed by her book. Let Maya impress you for yourself.
This week I plan to continue with Vango.
Hope you have a great reading week.
One of the books that made the list is Popular: a memoir by Maya Van Wagenen. I had the privilege of meeting Miss Van Wagenen last year at the TLA Annual conference in San Antonio. I was so impressed with her; she is but a mere teenager. Don't let her age fool you, however. She is now an accomplished author. Her first published book has received many accolades including the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction.
Van Wagenen got the idea for the book from her parents. She discovered a book her parents had purchased years earlier and forgot: Betty Cornell's Teen-age Popularity Guide which was published in the 1950s. Van Wagenen's parents suggested she try out the advice secretly for a year and see how it went, consider it an experiment. Van Wagenen accepted the challenge; she considered herself socially awkward, so what did she have to lose? Set in Texas, the book is an honest look at what teenagers go through trying to navigate the social world around them. Some of the suggestions are way out of date, like wearing a girdle, but Van Wagenen learned many lessons along the way. I was impressed by the author last year and am even more impressed by her book. Let Maya impress you for yourself.
This week I plan to continue with Vango.
Hope you have a great reading week.
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