"Normal: lacking in taste, compassion, understanding, kindness, and ordinary human decency."

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Source: Frank Portman (2008). “King Dork”, p.341, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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Frank Portman

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Frank Portman is an author and musician known for his novel 'King Dork,' which captures the complexities of teenage life and identity.

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