Chav, by the way, is a derogatory term for working-class British youth who wear hoodies, sneakers, and bling. Soon home in Goodmayes seems like the only place to be, sorrounded by everyone she's grown up with, people she loves to bits. The feminist within me is disgusted and Shiraz’s own sister’s feminist opinions to nothing to negate that.

I'm currently re-reading it, and I must confess that I can't remember how the book ends, but I know I'll enjoy it again. She's leaving Goodmayes, waving goodbye to Mayflower Academy Sixth Form and her part time job at Mr Yolk and moving to London with Carrie Draper. Soon Shiraz is hanging out with other boffin types, amongst them the gorgeous Joshua, with the sharp cheekbones and the whopping allowance.despite never being funny, it is on every week and always has been and always will be until the end of time due to the cast making a pact with Lucifer in 1982 and becoming immortal. Things get tricky when Shiraz ends up getting a job as PA to a Premier league footballer and his wife - Carrie had her heart set on it and she's furious, but how could Shiraz turn it down? Tiaras; Shiraz worries that her school Mayflower Comprehensive will still live up to its reputation of being "Superchav Academy" a nickname given to the school by the local newspapers and especially with a stunt that happened during the Christmas assembly which Shiraz was the instigator of; however, that all started to change, once a new English teacher Miss. The books are in diary format from Shiraz’s point of view and they are the most hilarious books I’ve ever laid my eyes on. Several American media outlets have praised the series while also remarking on its use of British slang, [6] causing the School Library Journal to comment that many Americans would have to consult the books' glossary.

If you are anything like me, this is the kind of book that will make you howl with laughter on the Metro and cause various Srs Bzns types to look at you as if you are a crazy person. That seems to be a big part of Shiraz’s mentality, but unfortunately, that was one of the only real desires I could pinpoint for her character, and getting to the bottom of the “real” Shiraz was an entirely difficult task.Well if by 'Chav' you mean 'Charming, Hilarious, Articulate and Vibrant', Shizza doesn't mind that at all. Her year at school does a two-week work stint, and while working at a mind-numbingly boring job at a packing plant, Shiraz decides she will try to do the work at school.

In fact, I'd like to use the passage where Shiraz spends a three-week internship at a kofta factory required reading for some kids I know. As insufferable as a lot of these characters were, they were all realistic or depicted a part of their culture like Shiraz. I used to entertain people with my excellent East Baltimore accent at parties ("Aoh yeah hon, all's zere wen 'at sugar plant sploded - ey was ambylances an pleece as fawr azzy ah could see! Shiraz is beginning to feel there's a lot more to life than minimum wage and the bling of a souped-up Vauxhall Nova. She may irritate you at times with her disregard for authority, but in the end, she does choose the right path and you want to cheer for her when she does!Grace is still grounded for dying her mother's best saucepan purple while customizing denim hot pants when she was a teenager, but she also works as a journalist for The Guardian and Radio Times for whom she recently wrote a phenomenally popular Big Brother blog.

I have just spent two weeks of sheer unmitigated hell in a half-finished hotel, what was advertised as 'the most stunning jewel in the crown of this fabulous island. 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. Fifteen-year-old Shiraz Bailey Wood's days are filled with hanging around outside Claire's Accessories, her parents work crap jobs, and her school is pretty much loser central. Diary of a Chav - Keeping It Real, is all about the hilarious adventures of the super-sparky and mouthy Shiraz Bailey Wood.It's nothing earth-shattering, but it's a solid story of a British teen trying to figure herself out. Since Carrie has become infatuated with her new boyfriend, a terrible rapper, Shiraz has been spending all her time avoiding the lovebirds and hiding the fact that she's actually doing well in English. She has a bit of trouble finding the most suitable job mind, nothing seems quite right for a girl of Shiraz's originality and wit.