Darius the Great is not okay
(Book)

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"--,Provided by publisher.

HL710L,Lexile

Accelerated Reader,UG,4.7,10.0

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 YA Debut Award, 2019

YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2019

YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2019

Middle East Book Award, Youth Literature, 2019