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

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-banks

E. Lockhart

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Paperback · August 25, 2009

The hilarious and razor-sharp story of how one girl went from geek to patriarchy-smashing criminal mastermind in two short years, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud. ★ National Book Award finalist ★ Printz Honor Winner Frankie Landau-Banks at age 14: Debate Club.

Contemporary YA RomanceFunny YABoarding School YAyoung
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Who it’s for
Smart, sly, and built for conversation, with enough bite to keep the pages moving.
Genres
Boarding School YA, Funny YA, Contemporary YA Romance
Published
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, August 25, 2009

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The hilarious and razor-sharp story of how one girl went from geek to patriarchy-smashing criminal mastermind in two short years, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud. ★ National Book Award finalist ★ Printz Honor Winner Frankie Landau-Banks at age 14: Debate Club. Her father's "bunny rabbit." A mildly geeky girl attending a highly competitive boarding school. Frankie Landau-Banks at age 15: A knockout figure. A sharp tongue.

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A chip on her shoulder. And a gorgeous new senior boyfriend: the supremely goofy, word-obsessed Matthew Livingston. Frankie Landau-Banks. No longer the kind of girl to take "no" for an answer. Especially when "no" means she's excluded from her boyfriend's all-male secret society. Not when she knows she's smarter than any of them. When she knows Matthew's lying to her. And when there are so many pranks to be done. Frankie Landau-Banks, at age 16: Possibly a criminal mastermind. This is the story of how she got that way.

Sharp Edges

Smart, sly, and built for conversation, with enough bite to keep the pages moving.

Come here for

  • Boarding-school polish with an edge
  • A sharp, discussable voice

Expect

  • Teen social games, but sharper
  • A lively book-club aftertaste

Where it sits

Boarding School YA52%
Contemporary YA Romance52%
Funny YA41%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Funny YA
  • Contemporary YA Romance
  • Boarding School YA
  • Values & Choices
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Authors
E. Lockhart
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published
August 25, 2009
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
Funny YA