The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Frankie Landau-Banks returns to her elite boarding school as a sophomore, transformed and newly noticed by older boys, including the popular Matthew. When she learns that Matthew belongs to a secret all-male society called the Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds, Frankie decides to take it over from the shadows, masterminding elaborate pranks while no one suspects a girl is behind them. E. Lockhart uses the scheme to examine power, gender, and the small ways smart young women are underestimated. The novel was a Printz Honor book and a National Book Award finalist. It mixes sly comedy with a serious argument about ambition and the cost of refusing to be ignored.
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A sharp boarding-school sophomore secretly takes control of a boys-only secret society to prove she is more than the role others expect of her.
Yes. It was a Printz Honor book and a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
It follows a clever teenage girl who secretly runs a boys' secret society, exploring power, gender, and being underestimated.
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks was written by E. Lockhart, published in 2008 by Hyperion.
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks is 345 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks takes most readers 5 to 7 hours to finish.
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.