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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

E. Lockhart

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Nov 15, 2014 Ellie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I loved this story of the girl who tries to turn prep-school patriarchy on its head. She’s not allowed to join the secret society her dad was part of, the one he’ll barely talk of. When her boyfriend starts excluding her too, she finds the perfect way to take charge. She manages to show that girls have just as much to offer silly pranks as the boys do. But will she ever get credit for any of it?

Frankie is forever the strategist. Not just with her secret, secret society shenanigans but also in he ...more

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Jul 02, 2012 Nikki rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary, ya, 2012, fiction, library-loan, ebook

4.5

E. Lockhart does it again. Frankie is a fantastic, strong and witty character and I really liked her. While the story overall seems to be about the struggles of Frankie at an elite prep school, fear not. The book is definitely a level above high school drama books and includes social and feminist issues. I absolutely loved the messages regarding gender inequality included and how Frankie fought to be her own person and not held down by the patriarchy.

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