Darius the Great is not okay / Adib Khorram.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525552963
- ISBN: 0525552960
- Physical Description: 314 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Dial Books, [2018]
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | HL710L Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.7 10 198253. |
Awards Note: | Morris Award Winner 2019 |
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Subject: | Friendship > Fiction. Grandparents > Fiction. Depression, Mental > Fiction. Iranian Americans > Fiction. Americans > Iran > Fiction. Iran > Fiction. |
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- 25 of 25 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Cass County.
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- 0 current holds with 25 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Cass County Library-Harrisonville | YA KHO 2018 (Text) | 0002205668599 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | YA KHO 2018 (Text) | 0002205668565 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Darius the Great Is Not Okay
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Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Hilarious and heartbreaking, this unforgettable debut introduces a brilliant new voice in contemporary YA. Winner of the William C. Morris Debut Award "Heartfelt, tender, and so utterly real. I'd live in this book forever if I could." -Becky Albertalli, award-winningauthor of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 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 Persian version of his name-and Darius has never felt more like himself than he does now that he's Darioush to Sohrab. 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.