King Dork

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King Dork is a young adult novel by Frank Portman (otherwise known as Dr. Frank) that was published in 2006 (ISBN 0-385-73291-0). The storyline follows a disillusioned teenager named Tom Henderson as he attempts to survive the daily sadism of high school, understand the opposite sex, start a band, and find some answers about his father's mysterious death.

The film rights to the book were acquired by the Will Ferrell/Adam McKay Paramount/Vantage production company Gary Sanchez Productions in November 2006. According to IMDb, the King Dork movie is set to be released in 2008. The IMDb link to information on the King Dork movie is only open to IMDbPro members as of November 20, 2006.