King Dork

Frank Portman of the Mr. T Experience wrote this coming of age novel about misfit weirdo Tom Henderson. Tom is entering his Junior year of High School and divides his time between creating terrible punk bands and solving the mystery of his father's death. He also manages to fall in love with a mysterious girl at a party, and tries his best to avoid the Cult of Catcher in the Rye, the book that every teacher forces every kid to read until it's completely devoid of meaning. For all Tom's protesting, he's a lot like Holden Caufield, except vastly less smooth with the ladies. Will Tom get the girl of his dreams? Will Tom ever figure out what really happened to his father? Will his band Balls Deep win the battle of the bands?!