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Dent, Grace

Diary of a Chav

234 pp. | Little | October, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-316-03483-8 $16.99
(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

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