King Dork
2 primary works
Book 1
Tom Henderson is small, skinny and awkward, and pretty much feels like an idiot most of the time. But when he discovers his father's copy of "The Catcher in the Rye", it changes his world. It puts him in the middle of several interlocking conspiracies and at least half a dozen mysteries involving dead people, naked people, fake people, ESP, blood, guitars, monks, witchcraft and rock and roll. It's the tip of a very odd iceberg of clues that could help Tom unravel the puzzle of his father's death, and - bizarrely - reveal the secret of attracting semi-hot girls ..."King Dork" made a massive splash on first publication in the US and is already heralded as a cult classic, with a movie in the pipeline. It's a brilliantly original voice from a major new talent.
Book 2
High school is the penalty for transgressions yet to be specified in the companion to the book of which John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars, said, “will rock your world.”
This paperback edition includes an album download and full lyrics inside!
Thanks to “pending litigation” and “media scrutiny,” Tom Henderson has just been sent to a new institution of higher learning—and man is it bleak.
Clearview High is filled with the nauseating odor of school spirit. Worse than the scent, though, is the total lack of Sam Hellermans, and the confusing abundance of girlfriends. The rules have all changed. Except for the part about how you can never find a drummer who can count to four. Good luck with that one.
From critically acclaimed novelist and pop-punk icon Frank Portman comes the companion to the cult classic King Dork. It feels like the first time. Like the very first time.
Praise for King Dork and King Dork Approximately
“One of the best young adult creations.” —AVClub.com
“[No account of high school] has made me laugh more than King Dork. . . . Grade A.” —Entertainment Weekly
“Impossibly brilliant.” —Time
“Provides a window into what it would be like if Holden Caulfield read The Catcher in the Rye.” —New York Post
This paperback edition includes an album download and full lyrics inside!
Thanks to “pending litigation” and “media scrutiny,” Tom Henderson has just been sent to a new institution of higher learning—and man is it bleak.
Clearview High is filled with the nauseating odor of school spirit. Worse than the scent, though, is the total lack of Sam Hellermans, and the confusing abundance of girlfriends. The rules have all changed. Except for the part about how you can never find a drummer who can count to four. Good luck with that one.
From critically acclaimed novelist and pop-punk icon Frank Portman comes the companion to the cult classic King Dork. It feels like the first time. Like the very first time.
Praise for King Dork and King Dork Approximately
“One of the best young adult creations.” —AVClub.com
“[No account of high school] has made me laugh more than King Dork. . . . Grade A.” —Entertainment Weekly
“Impossibly brilliant.” —Time
“Provides a window into what it would be like if Holden Caulfield read The Catcher in the Rye.” —New York Post