Posh and Prejudice (Diary of a Chav)
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (529 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B005SN8L8M |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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TeensReadToo said Courtesy of Teens Read Too. Ms. Dent brings us another installment in the life of Shiraz Bailey Wood. Originally published in Great Britain as SLINGING THE BLING, the United States now gets more crazy adventures from Shiraz.Shiraz gets her GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) results back. She can't believe her eyes when she reads her scores. Not only are they not bad, they're actually really good. So good, in fact, that she seriousl. An improvement over the prequel Rachael Stein Shiraz Bailey Wood isn't expecting great results from her GSCEs, which is why she takes a job to Mr. Yolk. She might as well get a head start on earning her share. But when she gets her grades back, she's pleasantly surprised--not only are her GSCE results pretty decent, but Shiraz is intelligent enough to enroll in Mayflower Sixth Form. So, it's back to school for Shiraz despite her mother's protests. Even if Shiraz d
She's working on more books from her home in East London.. Grace Dent's Shiraz Bailey Wood diaries are bestsellers in the UK. Grace also works as a journalist for "The Guardian" and "Radio Times" for whom she recently wrote a phenomenally popular Big Brother blog
Hanging with goody-two- shoes types in higher-level classes seems like just the ticket to avoid getting stuck forever in her crap hometown. When sixteen-year-old Shiraz Bailey Wood's year-end test results come in, she's astonished to discover not only that she passed them all, but that she's actually clever! Emboldened by an invite to higher-level classes, Shiraz enrolls in Superchav Academy's "Center of Excellence" to get even brainier. The divine Shiraz Bailey Wood is back in this hilarious sequel to Diva Without a Cause to enlighten us with her signature brand of madcap humor on her demented, glorious life in the gritty suburbs of London. But Shiraz has to figure out for herself: are these posh types really any better than she, or do they just want to stick their noses up at everyone?
All rights reserved. She is now hobnobbing with the smart kids, flirting with posh Joshua, and defending her choices to her boyfriend and mother. (Most readers will be shocked that Shiraz's mother pushes a silly part-time job over a college education.) But even Shiraz is guilty of prejudice as she unfairly labels a classmate a charity case. Unfortunately, Shiraz is considered a "chav," which is "a bit like calling someone trailer trash." So when she surprisingly passes her exams and is invited to study advanced subjects, she is met with opposition from all sides. Shiraz's diary is full of British slang, and readers are definitely going to need the glossary in the back.—Kimberly Garnick Giarratano, Rockaway Township Public Library, NJCopyright © Reed