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The Disreputable History of
Frankie Landau-Banks
The Author
E. Lockhart is a pseudonym for Emily Jenkins, an American writer and literature professor. Lockhart is her grandmother's maiden name that Jenkins uses when she writes for a Young Adult audience. She has also published children's books and two novels for adults under her own name.
As E. Lockhart, she has been nominated for several awards for her books We were liars and The disreputable history of Frankie Landau-Banks.
The Context
The plot centers around a group of students on the prestigious boarding school Alabaster on the American east coast. Alabaster is a prep school,
a high school for future Ivy league students.
The main character in the book is Frankie, who is a sophomore on Alabaster. She discovers a secret society at school and decides to infiltrate the group.
The Plot
Frankie is a student of Alabaster High, a shy and nerdy girl who is mostly invisible.
When she returns to school from summer break after freshman year, she has transformed from invisible to a proper knock-out. That catches the interest of Matthew Livingstone, an older and very popular boy who never even glanced at Frankie before. They become a couple and it doesn’t take long for Frankie to start suspecting that Matthew is involved in some sort of secret society at school. The same society it turns out, that Frankie’s own dad used to be a member of when he was in high school. Since Frankie is a girl, she is not allowed in the secret club which prompts her to try and infiltrate them. She is going to show them that she is more than just a pretty girl or someone’s girlfriend.
The Setting
The book takes place in a fictional prep school Alabaster High, located somewhere on the east coast of America. Probably around the Ivy League belt on the northern part of the east coast.
Themes
Secret Societies and exclusive private schools
Class and privileges
Feminism
What happens now?
- We will read the first chapters of the book together.
- You will borrow a copy of the book from the library.
- You will read some chapters at home and some chapters we will read together. You will get a reading schedule for this.
- After the book is finished we will discuss it in groups in the library.
LÄSFRID
- Att lyssna på någon som läser försätter hjärnan i samma tillstånd som när man utför yoga eller meditation.
- Att bli avslappnad, trött och börja gäspa är helt okej!
- Vi läser i ca 15 minuter, sen tar vi en paus och pratar om det vi läst och sträcker lite på oss. Sedan läser vi ett pass till.
- Under lästiden lyssnar vi respektfullt och lägger undan telefoner och datorer. Om du behöver röra på dig eller gå på toa får du göra det diskret så du inte stör andra.
Vi läser tillsammans för att förstå oss själva och andra bättre.
Läsning utvecklar inte bara språklig förmåga
utan även empati och emotionell intelligens.
Den vita hjärnmassan ökar vid läsning.
Detta skyddar hjärnan mot demens, stresskador
och motverkar depression.
Läsfrid
När vi läser högt så råder det läsfrid.
Vi stör inte varandra och
vi stör inte de som läser.
Behöver du gå ut så gör det tyst och stilla.
LOS Bokpresentation The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
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