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All teen and kid reviews for King Dork

Age
14
Average rating based on 11 kid and teen reviews:
  • 55% say sexual content is an issue
  • 36% say language is an issue
Teen, 16 years old
August 28, 2011
 
I enjoyed it very much
I think it is pretty awesome. I enjoyed reading the book and I think that there is definitely worse language used in real life. Sure, the f-bomb has been dropped a few times in the book, but it's been dropped a lot more times in average high school life. The book deals with very real issues!

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Teen, 17 years old
April 9, 2008
 

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Teen, 18 years old
August 21, 2010
 
One of My Favorite Books
This is the funniest account of high school I've read in a long time. Rarely does a book make me laugh out loud, but King Dork did several times throughout. I like how there are several interlocking conspiracies and mysteries. It makes you want to keep reading. However, there are sexual topics in this book. For example, the main character's derogatory nickname is Chi-Mo, which is short for child molester(but, for the record, he does not molest children, people just say that to make fun of him). There is also oral sex, teen sex, and an entire illegal teen porn operation run by a teacher . Despite all of that, this book is absolutely brilliant. I love that the main character is involved with rock and roll and has a band with his friend Sam Hellerman. Tom is somewhat of a hero in the end, which I also like. I don't think I'd give this book to anybody under 13, but for teenagers, this book is great!

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Teen, 17 years old
December 27, 2009
 
I love this book. It is so funny. Chi-mo (the main character) isnt always the best example for children but it is an honest discription of some kids are. It wonderfully describes all the hardships that teenagers to through. five starss!

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Teen, 17 years old
September 9, 2009
 
Great book. But full of dark humor.
Great book! One of the funniest books I have read in a while. Absolutely great. It is more dark humor though, so be for warned. This book is great for mature teens. The is lots of language and sex. As well as some drug use. The sex aspect is described in pretty much full detail. And the language can get pretty strong. But still a great book.

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Teen, 16 years old
August 24, 2009
 
I found this book hard to understand
At times it was very comical, but there were so many inside jokes "King Dork" constantly brought up and extended to great length that if you missed a page you'd be like: HUH? It's totally surreal in the since of the school worshiping just one book, but it's ideals on bullying are not. This book is loaded with profanities and semi-graphic depections of sex. 15 and up is probably a good starting age to read this book.

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Teen, 15 years old
January 24, 2010
 
great
im in 6th grade and honestly, kids hear worse things on the playground.

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Teen, 17 years old
April 9, 2008
 

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Teen, 15 years old
April 9, 2008
 
Hmm...
I read King Dork, and as much as I liked it, I definitely don't think it's a good choice for kids under the age of 14 or 15. If King Dork were a movie, it would definitely be rated R. The main issues are sex and language. There's somewhat constant language, and there are some strongly sexually explicit parts. Not for young kids, but otherwise, a very good book.

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Teen, 17 years old
April 9, 2008
 

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Kid, 11 years old
March 11, 2012
 
a mixed bag
while a character in the story does have sex, curses constantly, and has a friend who does drugs. It has good stuff it talks a lot about catcher in the rye but the guy who runs the child porn is a teacher. His nickname is Chi-Mo which stands for child molester. This will be made into a movie though.

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