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For now, Shiraz is stuck on an estate in Goodmayes, Essex, with her sister Cava-Sue, her nightmare mum Diane and her loved-up mate Carrie. Hoodies, hip-hop and hanging about outside Claire’s Accessories. Taking her flatulent Staffy for a walk. Lusting after local lad Wesley Barrington Baines II. It’s a limited world for this loveable Essex dreamer. But when new English Teacher Miss Brackett arrives at Mayflower Academy, Shiraz is made to see there’s more to life than getting excluded, suped up Vauxhall Novas and Chicago Town pizza. It’s time Shiraz began thinking what she wants to do with life. And what sort of person she wants to be. A lot of snooty folk call Shiraz Bailey Wood a chav. Well if by ‘Chav’ you mean ‘Charming, Hilarious, Articulate and Vibrant’, Shizza doesn’t mind that at all. Call her what you want. She don’t care. She’s keeping it real.
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Reviews
Grace Dent manages to create a witty, exciting and honest voice in the world of teenage fiction
Grace Dent is hilarious.
Grace Dent is hilarious.
Grace Dent has managed to take one of society's distasteful figures of fun and flesh out a real human being
Yes, it's for teenagers, but it's so funny, you should read it anyway
Grace Dent gives her heroine real warmth and humour and avoids stereotyping for easy laughs
I can't wait now to read the rest of the books in the series
