Frank Portman
High School
Tom Henderson, or Chi-mo as his classmates call him, was just a sophomore reject with a band. School was a tortured maze of random violence, make out/ fake outs, and avoidance. Home was not much better. Chi-mo’s mom and step-dad were ex-hippies who try to connect with him in an after school special way but fail, his sister is a brat, and his father died in a mysterious car accident when Chi-mo was eight. In search of a copy of Catcher and the Rye, which he has to read for school again, he stumbles upon a stack of his fathers books. Inside the books Chi-mo finds encoded notes, a funeral card, a dry cleaners ticket, and obscure passages underlined. He feels if he can solve the mystery behind these items he will be able to get to know his father.
King Dork is written by Frank Portman lead singer of The Mr. T Experience. When writing his first book Portman found inspiration in his song “King Dork”. You can listen to “King Dork” as well as “Thinking of Suicide” and “I Wanna Ramone You” from the book on Amazon. Also on Amazon you can find Chi-moe’s reading list and a discography of the book. Portman’s website, http://frankportman.com/, has a link to a trailer for King Dork on You Tube. A reading gallery is also on his website.
King Dork is written by Frank Portman lead singer of The Mr. T Experience. When writing his first book Portman found inspiration in his song “King Dork”. You can listen to “King Dork” as well as “Thinking of Suicide” and “I Wanna Ramone You” from the book on Amazon. Also on Amazon you can find Chi-moe’s reading list and a discography of the book. Portman’s website, http://frankportman.com/, has a link to a trailer for King Dork on You Tube. A reading gallery is also on his website.
You can find a copy of King Dork by Frank Portman in the YA Room in the lower level of Kewanee Public Library.
Sarah R. Barth Kewanee Public Library, Youth Services
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