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Maya takes a leap and uses tampons instead of pads. She said, "It's kind of scary using tampons for the first time,..."(80) which is 100% true.

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Kenzie, Maya's best friend, gets a boyfriend. She is happier and more affectionate. Maya doesn't appreciate this "new" Kenzie and she thinks it is annoying.

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Maya starts to struggle as the day moves on, while trying to keep good posture. But, "You never see a model slouch,..." (70)so, Maya can't slouch.

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Maya starts the next section in her book, which is "Modeling Tricks". She reads that she needs to "...sit and stand tall with shoulders back ."(68)

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Since it is Halloween, Maya and her little brother, Brodie, dress up to got trick-or-treating. She is "Betty Suarez, aka 'Ugly Betty...'".

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A boy named Leon, that has autism, comes into the library and tells Maya that she look beautiful. On this certain day, the librarian points out that he might have a thing for Maya.

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This day for Maya is picture day. She was caught off guard, so she is sure her picture turned out horribly.

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Betty Cornell's book says, "...Brushing is essential for beautiful hair... hair should be stroked at least one hundred times each night." (55) So, since Maya is following what Cornell says she does it and ends up with silky hair.

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Maya spends time with her little brother and her mom. Then Maya's mom said that she had the masculine/feminine talk with Brodie, Maya's little brother.

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Maya decides to leave her hair down and a girl in her algebra class keeps petting it. That day they have an assembly about new rules.

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Maya goes to her first meeting of NJHS (National Junior Honor Society) in a new hairstyle, pigtails. She does this because the next section in her book is hair. As Betty Cornell said in her book, "... pretty hair can always overcome the handicap of a not-so-pretty face..."(43)

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Maya has a dream about mashed potatoes being made in a washing machine by a tv host. By now, she has lost 2 pounds

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About a week after Maya starts her diet, she checks her weight and "... lost a whole six-tenths of a pound!"(33)

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Maya starts eating what the book tells her to eat, like rye bread and hard- boiled eggs. She also starts using the exercises that are recommended in the book.

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Maya starts her adventure of becoming popular by dieting.

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Maya finds a popularity guide from the 50's in her dad's office. The book is Betty Cornell's Teen- Age Popularity Guide. Maya's mom says, "'Maya, you should follow the advice this year, in eighth grade, and write about what happens.'"(10)

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Van Wagen, Maya. Popular a Memoir. Penguin Group, 2014.