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Teen navigates depression, identity in raw Iran visit.

"Darius the Great Is Not Okay" offers a deeply personal glimpse into what it's like feeling caught between two cultures. You'll find the authenticity of Darius's voice both refreshing and heartrending as he explores family ties, mental health, and self-discovery in a journey that takes him from the familiar streets of Portland to the heritage-rich lanes of Yazd. Connecting with a boy across the world, you'll feel every step of Darius's quest for belonging and identity.

  • William C. Morris YA Debut Award (2019)
  • Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2020)
  • Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Children’s/Young Adult (2018)
  • Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Nominee (2019)
  • Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Nominee for Fiction & Poetry (2019)
  • Lincoln Award Nominee (2021)
  • Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Young Adult Literature (2019)
  • Middle East Book Award for Youth Literature (2019)
  • Beste Boek voor Jongeren for Vertaald (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Regular price RM32.77 MYR RM21.72 MYR 34% off
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ISBN: 9780525553809
Authors: Adib Khorram
Publisher: Dial Books
Date of Publication: 2018-08-28
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Romance, Young Adult, Contemporary
Goodreads rating: 4.26
(rated by 32520 readers)

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Darius Kellner doesn’t make friends easily. He gave up on the Boy Scouts years ago—to his father’s lasting disappointment—and after being diagnosed with depression, he quit the neighborhood soccer club, too. As the only Persian boy at his Portland high school, he’s an easy target for Trent Bolger and his Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy.Then Darius goes to Iran for spring break (and despite what the Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy say, it’s not to join ISIS). He’s visiting his mother’s hometown, Yazd, to meet his family—and his ailing grandfather—for the first time. But Darius speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows the Silmarillion better than the Shahnameh. Even surrounded by Persians, he can’t fit in.Not until he meets Sohrab Rezaei, his grandparents’ Bahá’í neighbor. Darius is drawn to the lonely boy who helps water his grandfather’s fig trees, and the two strike up a tentative friendship, filling their days with pick up soccer, trips to the Jameh Mosque, and walks through Dowlatabad Garden.But things in Iran are far from perfect. Darius’s grandfather’s health is failing. His dad is more distant than ever. And when Sohrab faces family issues of his own, Darius is powerless to help—or to hold their hard-won friendship together.But he still has to try.
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Teen navigates depression, identity in raw Iran visit.

"Darius the Great Is Not Okay" offers a deeply personal glimpse into what it's like feeling caught between two cultures. You'll find the authenticity of Darius's voice both refreshing and heartrending as he explores family ties, mental health, and self-discovery in a journey that takes him from the familiar streets of Portland to the heritage-rich lanes of Yazd. Connecting with a boy across the world, you'll feel every step of Darius's quest for belonging and identity.

  • William C. Morris YA Debut Award (2019)
  • Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2020)
  • Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Children’s/Young Adult (2018)
  • Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Nominee (2019)
  • Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Nominee for Fiction & Poetry (2019)
  • Lincoln Award Nominee (2021)
  • Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Young Adult Literature (2019)
  • Middle East Book Award for Youth Literature (2019)
  • Beste Boek voor Jongeren for Vertaald (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.