The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart is the story the beginning of one young woman's fight to change the world.

Frankie, named after her father, attends the prestigious boarding school Alabaster, in Massachusetts. Her freshman year she was fairly invisible. Her sister was a senior and showed her around, but Frankie didn't make too many friends of her own.

Now, the beginning of her sophomore year, she is more noticeable. She has blossomed. She catches the eye of Matthew, the senior she has had a crush on since beginning Alabaster.

Matthew is a member of a secret society - the Loyal Order of the Basset Hound - that has been a boys club on campus since the 1950s. But it is a secret society and only for boys.

Frankie will find a way to become the head of the Bassets - wreaking havoc all over the school. But when the Order gets caught - who will be punished?

This novel is filled with humor, fun with vocabulary, great pranks, and the coming of age of the heroine. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys YA fiction.

Lockhart, E. (2008). The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. New York: Hyperion.