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Dent, Grace
5 Reviews
(4)
YA
This sequel to Diary of a Chav continues the adventures of Shiraz Bailey Wood at Mayflower Academy after she decides academia is preferable to slinging eggs at the local diner. The plot (not to mention heavy British slang--the appended glossary helps) may be confusing to those new to the books, but returning readers will be pleased.
Reviewer: Aimee Chevrette Bear
(4)
YA
Told through a series of diary entries, the story chronicles protagonist Shiraz Bailey Wood's efforts to break from the much-resented label of "chav" (a derogatory term for working-class hip-hop wannabes). Strident but funny, and heavy on British slang (an appended glossary helps), the book approaches issues of class identity from the other side of the Atlantic.
Reviewer: Aimee Chevrette Bear
(4)
YA
Fleur, Ronnie, and Claude decide the best way to fix their rocky friendship is to spend the summer waitressing at a posh resort hotel. There the girls encounter their nemesis and enter a beauty contest. Though many aspects of this novel are hard to buy and the secondary characters are mere caricatures, readers will appreciate the honest look at friendship.
Reviewer: Jeannine M. Chapman
(2)
4-6
This guilty pleasure chronicles the adventures, misadventures, and complete-and-utter-wish-fulfillment-fantasies-come-true of three British girl teens (les self-styled Bambinos Dangereuses of the title), as they luck into the trip of a lifetime to Astlebury Music Festival, courtesy of international pop star Spike Saunders. The characters are vividly evoked; and the dialogue is fast and zany and very British.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
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March, 2005
(4)
YA
"Les Bambinos Dangereuses," a trio of cool, joined-at-the-hip British babes, mastermind a live music festival, tackling the school administration and the giant egos of Catwalk, a dance/pop band headed by bullying Panama. Ronnie, the focus of the story, takes readers past the shallow beginning; her insecurities, family dramas, and nascent romance with hot guitarist Jimi carry the entertaining story.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
5 reviews
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