Along the way Frankie learns to take matters into her own hands when she is unfairly left out of The Basset Hounds. She begins to focus on her independence and desperately wants to resist being defined by anyone but herself, including her boyfriend Matthew Livingston. Frankie Landau-Banks – Frankie, the protagonist of this book, is a sophomore girl who is in a growing phase both physically and intellectually.When one of the leaders, Alpha, leaves school for a few days, she seizes the opportunity to direct the Basset Hounds in several pranks. Since she is a girl and thus cannot join, she feels left out of the society. Printz Honor Award in 2009.įrankie Landau-Banks is a sophomore at Alabaster Prep when she encounters the Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds, an all-male secret society. It centers around the main character of Frances 'Frankie' Landau-Banks and her sophomore year at a boarding school, exploring the themes of feminism, class and privilege, and friendship and loyalty.
It was published on the 25 March 2008 by Disney-Hyperion. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks is a young-adult novel written by American author E.
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