false 2164402 2 Maggie Dempsey is tired of moving all over the country. Her parents are second-generation hippies who uproot her every year or so to move to a new city. When Maggie was younger, she thought it was fun and adventurous. Now that she’s a teenager, she hates it. When she moved after her freshman year, she left behind good friends, a great school, and a real feeling of belonging. When she moved her sophomore year, she left behind a boyfriend, too. Now that they’ve moved to Austin, she knows better. She’s not going to make friends. She’s not going to fit in. Anything to prevent her from liking this new place and them from liking her. Only . . . things don’t go exactly as planned. 2169929 8 1 2008 How Not to Be Popular total:434|5:126|4:167|3:98|2:38|1:5| 434 1673 800 119 4 2 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 13:53:20 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 18:27:24 -0800 2009 Qucik Overview: Maggie(Sugar Magnolia being her given name) has been moving around with her hippie parents her whole life. S...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 18:22:47 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 28 01:20:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 11:14:40 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 11:15:17 -0800 2008
Oh crap. What did I just do?

How Not To Be Popular begs the question how far would you go to not be popular. Maggie Dempsey hates her life, hates her parents. Okay, maybe hate is too strong a word. She hates the fact that just whe...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 09:17:01 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 31 19:34:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 27 12:00:01 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 18:44:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false true Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 15:23:21 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 15:23:54 -0800 2009
Review: I probably should have stopped reading this after 50 pages because...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 13:50:58 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 18:32:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 22:13:37 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 22:27:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 18:39:36 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 18:47:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 09:33:01 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 11 12:22:00 -0800 2008 review of How Not to be Popular!

Don't forget to check out our interview with Jennifer Ziegler!!! ]]> 5 0 false true Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 18:49:33 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 18:49:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 06 09:32:56 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 09:38:50 -0700 2009 Sure, the plot is predictable and pretty cliche, but it was humorous enough to make me laugh out loud (like when Maggie brings a Star Trek lunch box to school or purposely drops her tampon in front of everyone.) At first I was a littl...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 13 08:07:28 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 08:15:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 08:24:32 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 06:53:05 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 11:29:54 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 11:29:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 15 10:17:06 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 10:28:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 19 05:55:16 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 09:27:12 -0700 2009
Maggie movies to Austin, TX after Portland, OR after 18 other cities and schools in 18 years. Her parents are hippies and want to experience everything they can. Maggie doesn't share their feelings on life. She wants to stay in Portland - where she has a boyfriend. Th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jun 16 18:03:44 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 09:04:48 -0700 2009 Taken from my blog post.

Maggie Dempsey has made a promise with herself not to be popular. Moving around all her life has meant her leaving behind all the new friends she’s made. But it’s the move from Portland to Austin that really makes her miserable, as she has to leave her beloved...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 21:51:44 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 11:06:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 05 22:47:49 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 22:48:00 -0700 2008
A lot of young adult books deal with regular teenagers trying to fit in. HOW NOT TO BE POPULAR, however, is the exact opposite.

Maggie Dempsey can't ever remember being rooted down in one place. Her mother and father are consta...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2164402