The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks: From the author of the unforgettable bestseller WE WERE LIARS - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471404404 ISBN 13: 9781471404405

Publisher: Hot Key Books (6 Nov. 2014), 1600

Synopsis

Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

About this title

About the Author:

E. Lockhart is the author of nine novels including WE WERE LIARS, a New York Times bestseller and Zoella Book Club pick; THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS, a Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book, a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Cybils Award for Best Young Adult Novel; FLY ON THE WALL, DRAMARAMA, and the Ruby Oliver quartet: THE BOYFRIEND LIST, THE BOY BOOK, THE TREASURE MAP OF BOYS, and REAL LIVE BOYFRIENDS. She co-authored HOW TO BE BAD with Lauren Myracle and Sarah Mlynowski. Visit her online at: emilylockhart.com or on Twitter: @elockhart.

Review:

It would be a mistake to underestimate this novel - or its protagonist...[Frankie] will challenge girls' images of themselves, who they are in relation to boys and why...The novel holds out the hope that a girl like Frankie - who has above all an unwillingness to settle -could grow up to change the world. THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY not only delivers the line, but somehow makes you believe it is true. * The New York Times * Adorably warm and funny ... * The Guardian * Engaging and clever... a challenging and thought-provoking writer for teenage girls ... This is a life-affirming, funny, thoroughly modern take on feminism and should have girls rooting for her every step of the way. Lockhart has given us a believable and inspirational heroine for our time. -- Sally Morris * Daily Mail * A fictional high-wire ride master-minded by a novelist at the top of her form * Books for Keeps * Alabaster Academy is a selective private school with an even more selective secret society, the Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds. Frankie's boyfriend and his friends are all members, but Frankie's not allowed to join because she's a girl. In an escalating series of pranks and stunts, Frankie shows the whole school she's not one to be messed with, and the book teaches a powerful lesson about sexism * Buzzfeed UK *

About this edition

• Publisher: Hot Key Books (6 Nov. 2014)
• Publication date: 1600
• ISBN 10: 1471404404
• ISBN 13: 9781471404405
• Binding: Paperback