The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-BanksA finalist for both the National Book Award and the Michael J. Prinz Award, this Disreputable History is somewhat of a misnomer. Frankie, always the good girl, finds her heart hijacked by a boy who’s loyalty belongs first to a secret society gone soft. After stumbling across one of their meetings, Frankie begins to put together the clues dropped by her father, a legacy from the same boarding school she attends, and the club’s short anthem. After scouring the campus and bumping into the Loyal Order of the Basset Hound’s figurehead leader, Alpha, she finds the notebook documenting the clubs past shenanigans, a notebook that has been missing for longer than she has been alive. While she continues to be excluded from the club by nature of her gender, she takes advantage of Alpha’s absence to anonymously coordinate the most stunning Halloween statement the Order has made in a quarter century. Alpha returns, takes the credit, and Frankie continues to mastermind the clubs activities and public statements until the threat of expulsion and probation hang heavy over the heads of the supposed orchestrator of events. Will the reputable Frankie take the blame for the disreputation she has spread from behind the scenes?
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