Firstly, I wouldn't recommend this to you if you don't want to feel like you have achieved nothing in your life. Maya is a very young author, still in her teens and she writes really well. The pace was good, the story was told well and you really believe in the story. Non-fiction often doesn't make me feel any emotion, even biographies, but this was heart wrenching. You feel sorry for this girl, you cringe when you find out what the book tells her to wear and most of all you feel such compassion for a girl just trying to navigate high school.
It's a really different take on non fiction and is really interesting to read. For one thing it depicts American High School in a way that isn't really documented in a non-fictional sense. It was also a really interesting concept. I did find her conclusions a bit twee and American dreamy which I didn't love. I felt like I was back at a Shamu show. It was just a bit over-sickly. That being said certain conclusions where she interviewed everyone were really really interesting and gave such a different take on popularity.
I would recommend this if:
You are starting senior school or high school
You want a biography that is accessible to teens
You want an intro into non fiction
I gave this four stars
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