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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks  – E. Lockhart
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THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS : A Novel From The Author Of The Unforgettable Bestseller WE WERE LIARS

E. Lockhart
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E. Lockhart
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The Hilarious & Razor-Sharp YA Fiction Story of How One Girl Went From Geek To Patriarchy-Smashing Criminal Mastermind

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ISBN 9781785770128
Book Condition LIKE NEW
Format PAPERBACK
Publisher Hot Key Books
Publication Date 06/11/2014
Pages 352
Weight 0.35 kg
Dimension 20 × 13 × 2.5 cm
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★★ Won A Michael L. Printz Honor Award in 2009 ★★
★★ National Book Award finalist ★★
 
“A book which will prove to be surprisingly thought-provoking for a range of age groups and worth reading to challenge your judgement about what a high school girl can achieve”
— The Guardian
 
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks is a young-adult novel written by American author E. Lockhart. It was published on the 25 March 2008.
 
It centers around the main character of Frances ‘Frankie’ Landau-Banks and her sophomore year at a boarding school, exploring the themes of feminism, class and privilege, and friendship and loyalty.


Frankie Landau-Banks is a sophomore at Alabaster Prep when she encounters the Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds, an all-male secret society. Since she is a girl and thus cannot join, she feels left out of the society. When one of the leaders, Alpha, leaves school for a few days, she seizes the opportunity to direct the Basset Hounds in several pranks.
 
Frankie Landau-Banks is privileged enough to go to one of the most prestigious schools in America: Alabaster Academy. As she starts the school year she quickly attracts the attention of Matthew Livingstone, a senior who becomes her main preoccupation.
 
Soon Frankie finds herself finds herself sitting with the ‘popular’ seniors at lunch and whilst on the surface they seem to accept her, Frankie senses a distance and unbridgeable gap. The reason becomes clear as Frankie remembers ‘The Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds’, an exclusive male-only secret society which has existed for centuries in Alabaster.
 
Frankie Landau-Banks at age 14:
Debate Club.
Her father’s “bunny rabbit.”
A mildly geeky girl attending a highly competitive boarding school.
 
Frankie Landau-Banks at age 15:
– A knockout figure.
– A sharp tongue.
– A chip on her shoulder.
– And a gorgeous new senior boyfriend: the supremely goofy, word-obsessed Matthew Livingston.
 
Frankie Landau-Banks.
– No longer the kind of girl to take “no” for an answer.
– Especially when “no” means she’s excluded from her boyfriend’s all-male secret society.
– Not when she knows she’s smarter than any of them.
– When she knows Matthew’s lying to her.
– And when there are so many pranks to be done.
 
Frankie Landau-Banks, at age 16:
– Possibly a criminal mastermind.
 
This is the story of how she got that way.
 
Lockhart depicts the struggles of Frankie Landau-Banks to prove herself to her family, her boyfriend and everyone around her that she is not to be underestimated. At home her family call her ‘Bunny Rabbit,’ showing how Frankie’s family still see her as an innocent and harmless ‘child’. Then at school Frankie is excluded from the secrets of Matthew and his group, simply because she is a girl. You can sense Frankie’s increasing frustration from being dismissed as ‘just another pretty girl’ as her audacity and curiosity increase.
 
Eventually Frankie rebells against the patriarchal rules of the secret society and decides to take matters into her own hands. Each plan reflects the need for change and reform within Alabaster, but can also extend to the wider society. The ending reveals Frankie has been successful in giving young women a voice, which has vented her resentment at the exclusive male society.
 
There is an element of romance in the novel, but whereas in other books the girl plays the passive role, Frankie is presented to fight against the stereotypical high school girl. Therefore Lockhart’s choice of using an intelligent, independent young woman as the protagonist is a way of showing her own beliefs about gender imbalance.
 
Frankie is an avid user of the ‘neglected positive’ and Lockhart’s style of writing emphasises her unique outlook and character. Throughout the book, the prose style allows Lockhart to subtlety hint at these important themes whilst using the most mundane and ordinary setting.
 
Additionally, the social commentary throughout the book will question your perception of sexism in the 21st century. The books leaves you aware that gender imbalance still exists all around us in a seemingly male dominated society. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks is a book which will prove to be surprisingly thought provoking for a range of age groups and worth reading to challenge your judgement about what a high school girl can achieve.
 
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About the Author :

E. Lockhart is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud. Her other books include Fly on the Wall, Dramarama, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, and the Ruby Oliver Quartet: The Boyfriend List, The Boy Book, The Treasure Map of Boys, and Real Live Boyfriends. Emily lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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