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Darius the Great is not okay, Adib Khorram

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  • Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life
  • "Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He's a Fractional Persian -- half, his mom's side -- and his first ever trip to Iran is about to change his life. Darius has never really fit in at home, and he's sure things are going to be the same in Iran. His clinical depression doesn'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, they're spending their days together, playing soccer, eating faludeh, and talking for hours on a secret rooftop overlooking the city's skyline. Sohrab calls him Darioush -- the original Farsi version of his name -- and Darius has never felt more like himself than he does now that he's Darioush to Sohrab. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Adib Khorram's brilliant debut is for anyone who's ever felt not good enough -- then met a friend who makes them feel so much better than okay"--
Language
eng
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Darius the Great is not okay
Title
Darius the Great is not okay
Statement of responsibility
Adib Khorram
Title variation
Darius the Great is not ok
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Author
Subject
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Language
eng
Summary
  • Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life
  • "Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He's a Fractional Persian -- half, his mom's side -- and his first ever trip to Iran is about to change his life. Darius has never really fit in at home, and he's sure things are going to be the same in Iran. His clinical depression doesn'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, they're spending their days together, playing soccer, eating faludeh, and talking for hours on a secret rooftop overlooking the city's skyline. Sohrab calls him Darioush -- the original Farsi version of his name -- and Darius has never felt more like himself than he does now that he's Darioush to Sohrab. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Adib Khorram's brilliant debut is for anyone who's ever felt not good enough -- then met a friend who makes them feel so much better than okay"--
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Awards note
  • Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature Winner, 2018-2019
  • Boston Globe/Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor, 2019
  • Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018
  • Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.)
  • Lambda Literary Award Nominee for LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult, 2019
  • New York Public Library Best Books for Teens, 2018
  • New York Public Library Best Books for Teens: Top Ten, 2018
  • Publisher's Weekly Best Young Adult Book, 2018
  • Rainbow Book List, 2019
  • William C. Morris Young Adult Debut Award Winner, 2019
  • YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2019
  • YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2019
  • Middle East Book Award, Youth Literature, 2019
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Khorram, Adib
Dewey number
[Fic]
Index
no index present
Intended audience
HL710L
Intended audience source
Lexile
Interest level
UG
LC call number
  • PZ7.1.K5362
  • PS3611.H667
LC item number
  • Dar 2018
  • D37 2018
Literary form
fiction
Reading level
4.7
Study program name
Accelerated Reader
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Friendship
  • Grandparents
  • Depression, Mental
  • Iranian Americans
  • Americans
  • Iran
  • Friendship
  • Grandparents
  • Depression, Mental
  • Iranian Americans
  • Americans
  • Iran
  • Friendship
  • Grandparents
  • Depression, Mental
  • Iranian Americans
  • Americans
  • Young adult fiction
  • Domestic fiction
  • Iran
  • Americans
  • Depression, Mental
  • Friendship
  • Grandparents
  • Iranian Americans
  • Iran
Target audience
adolescent
Label
Darius the Great is not okay, Adib Khorram
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1014374590
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
314 pages
Isbn
9780525552963
Lccn
2018009825
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40028810866
Label
Darius the Great is not okay, Adib Khorram
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1014374590
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
314 pages
Isbn
9780525552963
Lccn
2018009825
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40028810866

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