The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
From the author of the unforgettable bestseller WE WERE LIARS
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- 5,99 €
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- 5,99 €
Publisher Description
Sparky and smart, flawed yet determined - and, yes, possibly a criminal mastermind - meet Frankie. You might not look at the world the same way after...
As a girl, Frankie knows she is supposed to play by the rules. But the rules were made by boys. So Frankie Landau-Banks decides to take matters into her own hands, outsmarting the secret all-male society at her rich kid boarding school by tricking the members, including her own boyfriend, into believing her increasingly outrageous commands are their leader's.
Undaunted by her male peers, Frankie contests the old-fashioned idea that it's the boys who rule the school proving that girls are not to be dismissed - even by her own father, a former member of the all-male society himself!
Witty and sharp from the author of We Were Liars, this book will "challenge girls' images of themselves, who they are in relation to boys and why." - THE NEW YORK TIMES
Readers love The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
'Adorably warm and funny' Guardian
'A life-affirming, funny, thoroughly modern take on feminism . . . Lockhart has given us a believable and inspirational heroine for our time.' Daily Mail
'A fictional high-wire ride master-minded by a novelist at the top of her form' Books for Keeps
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Big ideas are an essential part of the fun in this sparkling tour de force. Back at her elite boarding school after a summer vacation in which she has grown from duckling to swan, sophomore Frankie starts dating cool, gorgeous senior Matthew and instantly becomes a part of his charmed social circle. Hanging with Matthew and his crowd is a thrill, but Frankie begins to chafe as she realizes that the boys are all members of the secret society to which her own father belonged, the Loyal Order of the Basset Hound, and that not only will they never let her join, Matthew will not even tell her about it. Lockhart (Dramarama; The Boyfriend List) dexterously juggles a number of smart and tantalizing themes class and privilege, feminism and romance, wordplay and thought, friendship and loyalty and combines the pacing of a mystery with writing that realizes settings and characters, large and small, with an artist's sure hand. Inspired by a class called Cities, Art and Protest, Frankie concocts a brilliant plan to infiltrate the Bassets and has them carry out a series of pranks that wittily challenge the politics of the school. Girls especially will be interested in this unusual portrait of a heroine who falls in love without blurring her sense of self, even if none of her friends understands her, and in Lockhart's fresh approach to gender politics. An exuberant, mischievous story, it scores its points memorably and lastingly. Ages 12-up.
