The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

If there's anything to be learned from fearless Frankie, it's that you don't have to solve typical problems in a typical way. The protagonist of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks faces down all the classic teen troubles, but she does so with her own unique twist. What is The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks About and Why Should I Care?

Pranks? Gender politics? A kickbutt heroine? A disreputable history? Sounds like a recipe for a National Book Award finalist to Shmoop. So Lockhart uses Frankie's story to explore what power means to a teenage girl, and all the baggage that comes with that power, especially for a lady in charge. On a scale of one to ten, Frankie's rebellion clocks in somewhere around a fifteen on the Girl Power meter, but it's not without its consequences. Lockhart has delivered to her readers plenty of girly young adult fare such as The Boyfriend List and The Boy Book, but her 2008 novel The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks gives us a taste of some seriously feminist flair.

So Frankie, being the fierce female that she is, decides to infiltrate the Order in the best way possible-by impersonating the leader of the group and getting the Order to carry out pranks at her bidding. Frankie finds out that he and his friends are involved in a secret society called the Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds, which she can't join because she's a girl. See, there's more to Matthew than you think. This ain't your average girl gets hot, girl gets boy, girl lives happily ever after with hot boy story-no sir. In true She's All That fashion, the most popular boy at school, Matthew Livingston, suddenly notices her, falls for her, and hilarity ensues. When Frankie starts her sophomore year, she's grown from a slightly awkward, gangly young girl into a total hottie. Her nickname might suggest that she's small and cute and harmless, but in her second year at her prestigious boarding high school, Alabaster, she's anything but. Meet Miss Frankie Landau-Banks, commonly known as Bunny Rabbit to her family. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks Introduction

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart