At the end of her last year of compulsory education, sixteen-year-old Shiraz resigns herself to life in her gritty London suburb, serving fried eggs at Mr. Yolk and dating plumber-in-training Wesley, until she receives high marks in her examinations and decides to enroll in her school's "Center of Excellence" program.
year: 2009
call number/section: 1000
subjects: diaries, fiction, schools, social classes, families, england, self-realization, england, fiction