Grades: 9-12
Author: Frank Portman
Title: King Dork
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Copyright: 2006
Website: Hi, I'm Frank. I wrote this book called King Dork (http://www.frankportman.com/index2.html)
Fourteen year-old Tom Henderson is an outsider, “pseudo-slacker”, and of course, a dork. He has one friend in the world, Sam Hellerman, who like Tom, is teased and humiliated by fellow students and faculty. Tom and Sam love music and writing songs. They invent names for rock bands they’d like to bring to life, because it’s in rock n roll that they find a refuge from their humiliating high school life. When Tom’s father dies under mysterious circumstances, he leaves behind an old copy of The Catcher in the Rye. Written in the book, are mysterious messages which Tom sets out to decipher to find out who his father really was. As he reads through the book, Tom is introduced to several connected conspiracies and mysteries involving dead people, monks, witchcraft, naked people, the Bible, girls, and rock n roll among other things. Some of the clues might solve the mystery behind Tom’s father’s death , and might also reveal to Tom the secret to attracting, as the author puts it, “semi-hot girls.” King Dork is witty, frank, and at times heart breaking. It gives a pretty accurate portrayal of high school life for the nerdy, and will keep readers entertained for hours.
Watch a humorous advertisement for the book: YouTube - King Dork (A Book by Frank Portman)(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmTKQ3CzOW0)
Author: Frank Portman
Title: King Dork
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Copyright: 2006
Website: Hi, I'm Frank. I wrote this book called King Dork (http://www.frankportman.com/index2.html)
Fourteen year-old Tom Henderson is an outsider, “pseudo-slacker”, and of course, a dork. He has one friend in the world, Sam Hellerman, who like Tom, is teased and humiliated by fellow students and faculty. Tom and Sam love music and writing songs. They invent names for rock bands they’d like to bring to life, because it’s in rock n roll that they find a refuge from their humiliating high school life. When Tom’s father dies under mysterious circumstances, he leaves behind an old copy of The Catcher in the Rye. Written in the book, are mysterious messages which Tom sets out to decipher to find out who his father really was. As he reads through the book, Tom is introduced to several connected conspiracies and mysteries involving dead people, monks, witchcraft, naked people, the Bible, girls, and rock n roll among other things. Some of the clues might solve the mystery behind Tom’s father’s death , and might also reveal to Tom the secret to attracting, as the author puts it, “semi-hot girls.” King Dork is witty, frank, and at times heart breaking. It gives a pretty accurate portrayal of high school life for the nerdy, and will keep readers entertained for hours.
Watch a humorous advertisement for the book: YouTube - King Dork (A Book by Frank Portman)(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmTKQ3CzOW0)
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