**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-winning author 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.
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JimRGill (verified owner) –
Adib Khorram has written one of the great YA novels of the early 21st century. The story of Darius/Darioush, his adolescent insecurities, his depression, his passions (tea, Star Trek: The Next Generation), his relationship with his ambivalent father, his love for his sister, his extended family, his cultural heritage as a self-identified “Fractional Persian,” his trip to Iran to finally meet his grandparents, his unexpected friendship with Sohrab, his growing sense of self-esteem—it all adds up to a wonderfully honest and engaging portrait of the complicated and beautiful world that contemporary teenagers with intersectional identities inhabit. Rarely does a YA novel bring me to tears. This one did. Read it.