King Dork
By: Frank Portman
Quote
"You can put your straight jacket away, I don't plan to kill myself today. Maybe tomorrow, maybe not at all. I'm not ready to make that call. But don't assume that I'm alright, I won't be with my baby tonight. There's no baby, there's nothing there. What baby? I don't care.
Summary
Thomas Henderson(aka Chi-Mo, aka Child Molester) is not the average high schooler. He listens to 70's rock music, has hippie parents, gets himself involved with "dating" problems, and has a deceased father that leaves secrets behind for Tom to reveal. Once Tom finds the CEH (Charles Evan Henderson) library, he finds these codes inside of them, like backwards French or a message within the star spangled banner. All Tom wants is to find information that he could have never know about his father from these codes. But what happens when fake people, girls, the Bible, the band, guitars, and a devil head get in the way?
Recommendations
There is a bit of strong language, and many words that can easily be mispronounced, but I would recommended that teenagers read this book. People that would like this book are people that feel they are mistreated, and bullied. Because this book is all about a teenager being bullied but gets through it in a pretty unique way.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
This book/movie is related to King Dork, because in both stories the main character is struggling through high school with some big bumps in the road. Such as ruined reputation, fights with friends, and deaths.
Perks of Being a Wallflower
This movie/book relates to King Dork because it's a story about a high schooler struggling to survive throughout high school. But then finds himself doing things he thought he would never do with some friends he thought he would never have.
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Scott Pilgrim is somewhat related to King Dork because Scott is trying to be with the girl of his dreams by defeating the 7 evil x's. Tom (in King Dork) is trying to maintain a "relationship" by avoiding the girls of his dream boyfriends. (You may know this movie as the "Bread makes you fat?!" movie)
Genre
Young-Adult Fiction