"Most of my sixth and seventh grade was just keeping my head down. Popular taps into a feeling shared by Bradbury and Bieber enthusiasts alike - the need to fit in during middle school, which Maya calls "the bottom of the bottom." Her book draws on a journal she kept when she was 13 during eighth grade in the border town of Brownsville, Texas. If she doesn't seem overly impressed, that's just Maya. Who socks, she'd rather talk about novels than who might play her in the movie. Visiting bookstores in Soho while on a New York publicity blitz that starts with the Today show, attired in a smart pink blazer and quirky Dr. She made headlines months before Popular's publication when film rights were snapped up by Dreamworks, making her the youngest non-actor to make a feature deal with the studio. Now Van Wagenen has joined their literary ranks with the publication of her memoir, Popular: Vintage Wisdom for the Modern Nerd (Dutton), the first of a two-book deal. She loves Ray Bradbury, Louisa May Alcott and Barbara Kingsolver. She wears signature pearls and lists Charles Dickens as her significant other on Facebook. At 15, she's poised, contemplative and bookish. NEW YORK - Maya Van Wagenen is not your average teen. Watch Video: Self-proclaimed 'geek' follows popularity guide
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