Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, The

Hardcover, 352 pages

English language

Published March 25, 2008 by Hyperion.

ISBN:
978-0-7868-3818-9
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OCLC Number:
182525916

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I used to participate in Cacophony events, as a fun, nonconformist "Mess Up the Normals" activity. I began this book thinking I'd identify with Miss Frances Rose Landau-Banks, but she's privileged, and undertakes her pranks in solitude, and surprisingly, I found myself empathizing with her boyfriend Matthew at the end of the book. She's more of a psychopath, and not so much the great liberator she sees herself to be. To some depth her formative years seem to be influenced by the 43rd US President's administration, mistaking vandalism for "enduring freedom" and whatnot.

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  • General
  • Juvenile Fiction / General
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction
  • Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)