Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Author: Khorram, Adib
ISBN: 9780525552970
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 20 Aug 2019
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
Hilarious and heartbreaking, this unforgettable novel is for anyone whoP#39;s ever felt not good enough--then met a friend who makes them feel so much better than okay.
Plt;bPgt;Darius doesnP#39;t think heP#39;ll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Hilarious and heartbreaking, this unforgettable debut introduces a brilliant new voice in contemporary YA.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Winner of the William C. Morris Debut AwardPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;Heartfelt, tender, and so utterly real. IP#8217;d live in this book forever if I could.P#8221; Plt;brPgt; P#8212;Becky Albertalli, award-winningP#160;author of Plt;iPgt;Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens AgendaPlt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. HeP#8217;s a Fractional PersianP#8212;half, his momP#8217;s sideP#8212;and his first-ever trip to Iran is about to change his life. Plt;brPgt; P#160;Plt;brPgt; Darius has never really fit in at home, and heP#8217;s sure things are going to be the same in Iran. His clinical depression doesnP#8217;t exactly help matters, and trying to explain his medication to his grandparents only makes things harder. Then Darius meets Sohrab, the boy next door, and everything changes. Soon, theyP#8217;re spending their days together, playing soccer, eating faludeh, and talking for hours on a secret rooftop overlooking the cityP#8217;s skyline. Sohrab calls him DarioushP#8212;the original Persian version of his nameP#8212;and Darius has never felt more like himself than he does now that heP#8217;s Darioush to Sohrab.Plt;brPgt; P#160;Plt;brPgt;Adib KhorramP#8217;s brilliant debut is for anyone whoP#8217;s ever felt not good enoughP#8212;then met a friend who makes them feel so much better than okay.
ISBN: 9780525552970
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 20 Aug 2019
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
Hilarious and heartbreaking, this unforgettable novel is for anyone whoP#39;s ever felt not good enough--then met a friend who makes them feel so much better than okay.
Plt;bPgt;Darius doesnP#39;t think heP#39;ll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Hilarious and heartbreaking, this unforgettable debut introduces a brilliant new voice in contemporary YA.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Winner of the William C. Morris Debut AwardPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;Heartfelt, tender, and so utterly real. IP#8217;d live in this book forever if I could.P#8221; Plt;brPgt; P#8212;Becky Albertalli, award-winningP#160;author of Plt;iPgt;Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens AgendaPlt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. HeP#8217;s a Fractional PersianP#8212;half, his momP#8217;s sideP#8212;and his first-ever trip to Iran is about to change his life. Plt;brPgt; P#160;Plt;brPgt; Darius has never really fit in at home, and heP#8217;s sure things are going to be the same in Iran. His clinical depression doesnP#8217;t exactly help matters, and trying to explain his medication to his grandparents only makes things harder. Then Darius meets Sohrab, the boy next door, and everything changes. Soon, theyP#8217;re spending their days together, playing soccer, eating faludeh, and talking for hours on a secret rooftop overlooking the cityP#8217;s skyline. Sohrab calls him DarioushP#8212;the original Persian version of his nameP#8212;and Darius has never felt more like himself than he does now that heP#8217;s Darioush to Sohrab.Plt;brPgt; P#160;Plt;brPgt;Adib KhorramP#8217;s brilliant debut is for anyone whoP#8217;s ever felt not good enoughP#8212;then met a friend who makes them feel so much better than okay.
