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The Resource Darius the Great is not okay, Adib Khorram

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
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
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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Award
  • Rainbow List, 2019.
  • Asian Pacific American Asian Pacific American Award for Literature: Young Adult Literature, 2019.
  • Westchester Fiction Award, 2019.
  • William C. Morris YA Debut Award, 2019.
  • YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2019.
  • YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2020.
  • Middle East Book Award, Youth Literature Winner, 2019
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A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.)
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10684614
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Khorram, Adib
Dewey number
[Fic]
Index
no index present
Intended audience
  • HL
  • 710
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Lexile
LC call number
PZ7.1.K5362
LC item number
Dar 2018
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
  • 7
  • 12
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True
Series statement
Darius the Great
Series volume
0001
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  • Friendship
  • Grandparents
  • Depression, Mental
  • Iranian Americans
  • Americans
  • Iran
  • Friendship
  • Grandparents
  • Depression, Mental
  • Iranian Americans
  • Americans
  • Iran
Target audience
adolescent
Label
Darius the Great is not okay, Adib Khorram
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
314 pages
Isbn
9780525552963
Lccn
2018009825
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1014374590
Label
Darius the Great is not okay, Adib Khorram
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
314 pages
Isbn
9780525552963
Lccn
2018009825
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1014374590

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