Frankie Landau-Banks is a normal 15 year old who happens to go to a very exclusive boarding that like all old boarding schools used to be all male. Now the school is co-ed but all the exclusive clubs remain all male.
Frankie (a girl) has a newly developed knockout figure, a sharp tongue, a chip on her shoulder, and a gorgeous new senior boyfriend. Frankie Laundau-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, definitely not when she knows she’s smarter than any of them, and certainly not when there are so many pranks to be done.
I was surprised by how smart this book is. I always appreciate that. E. Lockhart is known for her fun chick lit books for teens. I liked The Boyfriend List and Fly on the Wall but they weren't particularly earth shattering and they were pretty exclusively girlie. But this title is Printz Honor 2009 and a finalist for 2008 National Book Award for Young People's Literature plus lots of other awards click here:http://e-lockhart.com/main/?page_id=7.
This was a smart book about relevant feminist issues facing young people today. Now, don't be afraid about the word feminist. "Feminist" means more than equal rights and equal pay; it examines how society views and values the woman's cultural role. This novel explores what is generally accepted as "appropriate" behavior for a young girl, what is equality, and what is the role that girls are expected to fill.
The book was thought provoking without being offensive. The storyline was cute but not unimpressive. The protagonist was a girl but girls don't have to be the audience. In general, this was just a really great book!
Any thoughts?
Frankie (a girl) has a newly developed knockout figure, a sharp tongue, a chip on her shoulder, and a gorgeous new senior boyfriend. Frankie Laundau-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, definitely not when she knows she’s smarter than any of them, and certainly not when there are so many pranks to be done.
I was surprised by how smart this book is. I always appreciate that. E. Lockhart is known for her fun chick lit books for teens. I liked The Boyfriend List and Fly on the Wall but they weren't particularly earth shattering and they were pretty exclusively girlie. But this title is Printz Honor 2009 and a finalist for 2008 National Book Award for Young People's Literature plus lots of other awards click here:http://e-lockhart.com/main/?page_id=7.
This was a smart book about relevant feminist issues facing young people today. Now, don't be afraid about the word feminist. "Feminist" means more than equal rights and equal pay; it examines how society views and values the woman's cultural role. This novel explores what is generally accepted as "appropriate" behavior for a young girl, what is equality, and what is the role that girls are expected to fill.
The book was thought provoking without being offensive. The storyline was cute but not unimpressive. The protagonist was a girl but girls don't have to be the audience. In general, this was just a really great book!
Any thoughts?
