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The phrase "about a kid named" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing a story, narrative, or discussion that involves a specific child or character.
Example: "This book is about a kid named Timmy who discovers a hidden talent for painting."
Alternatives: "regarding a child called" or "concerning a boy named".
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And there was a series of boys' books about a kid named Tad or Tod who traveled the seas on tramp steamers and had adventures.
I loved Beverly Cleary, I loved Lloyd Alexander, and also a series nobody really remembers, about a kid named Alvin Fernald by a writer named Clifford Hicks, which was my absolute favorite prose series.
"Not Fade Away," a film directed and written by David Chase, due Dec. 21 from Paramount, is about a kid named Douglas from New Jersey who wants to be anywhere but where he is.
In the musical Stew serves as bandleader, narrator and chorus in a story about a kid named "Youth" who takes a hard look at the life that has been chosen for him — by the culture, his mother and his circumstance — and says no thanks.
There's been a lot of buzz lately about a kid named Bugg.
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A friend, knowing his penchant for Korean rap, told him about the burgeoning American scene, where a kid named Dumbfoundead was making a name for himself as a hilarious and witty battle rapper.
A kid named Jim Matzorkis.
"There was a kid named Ricky.
A kid named Nick chimed in.
A kid named Tyler made this.
It was a surreal, Dickensian novel, set in present-day Los Angeles, largely about a rich kid named Toulouse and an orphan named Amaryllis, and the pseudo-19th-century narrative voice Wagner concocted for it was as plummy and intrusive as those character names.
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