King Dork Approximately
by Frank Portman
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Pub Date Dec 09 2014 | Archive Date Dec 09 2014
Random House Children's | Delacorte Press
Description
From Frank Portman (aka Dr. Frank) of the Mr. T. Experience (MTX) comes King Dork Approximately, the much awaited sequel to the beloved cult classic King Dork.
From Frank Portman (aka Dr. Frank) of the band the Mr. T Experience (MTX) comes the long-awaited sequel to the beloved cult classic King Dork, of which John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars, said, "Basically, if you are a human being with even a vague grasp of the English language, King Dork will rock your world."
Aside from the stitches and the head wound, Tom Henderson is the same old King Dork. He's still trying to work out who to finger for the new scar on his forehead, the memory loss, and his father's mysterious death. But illicit female hospital visitations, The Catcher in the Rye, and the Hillmont High sex-pocalypse have made him a semi-new man.
What doesn't make you stronger can kill you, though, and tenth grade, part two, promises to be a killer. Tom's down one bloodstained army coat and one Little Big Tom, and now his most deeply held beliefs about alphabetical-order friendship, recycling, girls, rock and roll, and the stitching on jeans are about to totally and utterly fall apart.
Oh yeah, and he's kind of made out with anywhere from three to nineteen girls, but mostly just two. So there's that.
King Dork Approximately—it feels like the first time. Like the very first time.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
FRANK PORTMAN (aka Dr. Frank) is also the author of King Dork and Andromeda Klein. He is the singer/songwriter/guitarist of the influential East Bay punk band the Mr. T. Experience (MTX). MTX has released about a dozen albums since forming in the mid-1980s. Frank lives in Oakland, California. You can visit him online at frankportman.com.
Advance Praise
Praise for King Dork:
[STAR] "Original, heartfelt, and sparkling with wit and intelligence. This novel will linger long in readers' memories."—School Library Journal, starred review
[STAR] "A biting and witty high-school satire."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"None has made me laugh more than King Dork, the brainy, multi-layered, outrageous and compassionate first novel by Frank Portman. It's easy to lampoon high school, but to set in motion an intricate and engrossing plot is a feat, and it's one Portman engineers with the gleeful flourish of a born storyteller. Grade A."—Entertainment Weekly
[STAR] "Tom's narration is piercingly satirical and acidly witty."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review
Available Editions
EDITION | Hardcover |
ISBN | 9780385736183 |
PRICE | $17.99 (USD) |