How to Be Popular is in the form of a diary from the perspective of Steph Landry. Steph's mother's sixth pregnancy also plays out as a minor plot line. Steph's mother is against the wedding and causes familial contention. As her popularity grows, Steph is forced to make difficult choices about who and what is truly important to her.Ī minor plot arch of the impending wedding of Jason's grandmother and Steph's grandfather. Steph does not anticipate Lauren's anger at her sudden rise in popularity, or Jason's confusion and shock at her behaviour. She sits with new people at lunch and organizes a talent auction. Steph is determined to be confident and enthusiastic about school. She follows the book's advice and begins the school year with flat-ironed hair and a new attitude. Luckily, she finds a copy of an old book titled none other than How to be Popular while cleaning out Jason's grandmother's attic. Steph has since been content to hang out with her best friends Jason and Becca, also social outcasts, but as she enters the eleventh grade, she wants more out of high school. This has caused Steph to feel like a social pariah. As time has passed people have forgotten both the incident and the individual, but the phrase is widely used in the small town. In response, Lauren coined the phrase 'Don't be such a Steph Landry' to ensure Steph never lives it down. Steph Landry has been the target of jokes since sixth grade when she spilt a red Super Big Gulp on Lauren Moffat's white D&G skirt. It has since been published in 14 other countries. It was published in July 2006 in the United States.

How to Be Popular is written as a stand-alone book. How to Be Popular is a young adult novel written by Meg Cabot.

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