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Written by Frank Portman - Audio book performed by Lincoln Hoppe - Unabridged Fiction - 10 COMPACT DISCS - 12 hours, 10 minutes

Publisher, Listening Library / Random House (April 2006)

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King Dork has been nominated for the American Library Association's "Best Books for Young Readers" annual list.

Praise for the hardcover edition: "This book is for you if you're in a band or wish you were, if you loved or hated Catcher in the Rye, if you like girls or are one, if you've ever spoken Francais or Franglais, or if your high school has or had a dumb mascot. Basically, if you are a human being with even a vague grasp of the English language, King Dork will rock your world." --John Green, author of Looking for Alaska

"King Dork is well and away the best YA book I've read this year and Frank Portman is definitely someone to watch out for. It's inventive and sexy, it's fun to read and provides endless food for thought— everything I want from a book." —Melvin Burgess, author of Doing It and Smack

"King Dork is unique: a detective-story ode to hormones, teenage bands, and the books they make you read in high school. Hilarious, unflinching, and surprising from start to finish." —Ned Vizzini, author of Be More Chill

"Channeling the wisdom of a cynical rock sophisticate through the voice of a self-conscious 14-year-old misfit, Frank Portman has created a winning post-punk Hardy Boy equal." —Ira Robbins, rock critic

"King Dork is a funny, pointed poke in the eye to the bloated Catcher In the Rye cult, and also a fine alienated teen novel in its own right." —Neal Pollack, author of Never Mind the Pollacks: A Rock and Roll Novel

Includes the following original songs written and performed by Frank Portman:

• King Dork
• I Wanna Ramone You
• Thinking of Suicide
• I'm Still Not Done Loving You, Mama
• Gooey Glasses

King Dork literally has something for everyone: at least a half-dozen mysteries, love, mistaken identity, girls, monks, books, blood, bubblegum, and rock and roll. This novel is based on music -- a passion most kids have - and it has original songs throughout, written and performed by the author! Also includes an exclusive author interview.

Tom Henderson is a typical American high school loser. Zero athletic skills, a nonexistent social life, and an inexhaustible supply of rock-and-roll dreams. Up until the tenth grade, he spent his days with his alphabetical order friend, Sam Hellerman, attempting self-preservation through avoiding any notice by the general normal/psychotic High School student body and administration.

Tom Henderson (a.k.a. King Dork, Chi-mo, Hender-fag, and Sheepie) discovers the book, The Catcher in the Rye, that will change the world as he knows it. When Tom discovers his deceased father’s copy of the Salinger classic, he finds himself in the middle of several interlocking conspiracies and at least half a dozen mysteries involving dead people, naked people, fake people, ESP, blood, a secret code, guitars, monks, witchcraft, the Bible, girls, the Crusades, a devil head, and rock and roll. And it all looks like it’s just the tip of a very odd iceberg of clues that may very well unravel the puzzle of his father’s death and–oddly–reveal the secret to attracting semi-hot girls.

Being in a band could possibly be the secret to the girl thing–but good luck finding a drummer who can count to four.

About the Author: Frank Portman (aka Dr. Frank) is the Singer/songwriter/guitarist of the influential East Bay punk band the Mr. T Experience (MTX). MTX has released around a dozen albums since forming in the mid-eighties, and continues to record and tour. King Dork is Frank Portman's first novel.

About the Performer: Lincoln Hoppe is an award-winning actor who has appeared on stage, in film, and on the television shows Touched by an Angel and Everwood.