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Random House has set a January 08, 2008 release date for the second novel from Mr. T Experience's Frank Portman. The book is titled Andromeda Klein and is his follow up to the award nominated novel, King Dork. Last year, the book was optioned for a film by Will Ferrel.

According to the publisher:

Andromeda Klein is a quiet, booky girl with an unexciting life. Until her world takes a turn for the weird.

Omens, dreams, cards hidden inside a hollowed out book, and images from a file of comics drawn by a previous inhabitant of her family's suburban duplex are all coming together to contain hints of buried truths concerning her family, her circle of "friends," her cat, and her secret, estranged, much older and forbidden boyfriend-in-theory.

King Dork was released in the UK just this week. Frank "Dr.Frank" Portman was (and sometimes is) the ringleader of Oakland pop-punk outfit The Mr. T Experience