How NOT to be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler

     About the book: 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.

     My thoughts and opinion: Well, this book got me very close to tearing up, but not quite. Maggie discovers herself a lot in this book; she learns to forget about Trevor, she realizes that her plan hurt her true friends, and she, gradually, finds that Austin, Texas is growing on her. (Besides she's stuck there forever now. Hahaha.)
     I really think her parents, Les and Rosie, are so cool and awesome though. Her parents aren't that crazy voodoo-peace, dude-hippies I thought they would be. I mean, in the book, she talks about how hippie her parents can be, but I like them. I would really love to be their daughter, too! Because it'd be so cool to get fresh starts every few months. AND meet new people! AND see new sights! However, I don't think I'd be good with the emotions and losing friends and boyfriends over and over again.
     I thought it was nice when Les and Rosie finally decided to stay at Austin. And when Maggie managed to win back her friends that she hurt.
     I really loved Drip and the description Ziegler gave her. Hahaha, I totally could imagine how Drip would be like in real life! She was different from the rest of the "losers" because she actually wanted to go up against the "Bippies". The rest were cowards and I disliked that so much, but I guess that made Drip stand out more.
     Overall, this book was a nice read; it took a while, but it had a nice ending.