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King Dork

by Frank Portman · 2006 · 344 pages

Book 1 of the King Dork series

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In this coming-of-age, rock-and-roll, Da Vinci Code-style tale, high school loser Tom Henderson discovers his deceased father's copy of The Catcher in the Rye and finds himself in the middle of several interlocking conspiracies and at least half a dozen mysteries.

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Genre
humormysterycoming of ageliterary fictionromance
Themes
musicbullyingcoming of ageidentity
Setting
2000shigh school
Mood
quirky
Audience
young adultadultchildrens
Length
medium · 344 pages

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