![]() The story stays away from politics (one character has a father who's a political prisoner) and focuses instead on family, friends, and the rhythm of everyday life in Iran. But when the family makes a trip to Iran to visit his mother's dying father, Darius unexpectedly makes a friend. His relationship with his father consists of watching a single Star Trek episode together each evening. And it's just not at school where Darius feels left out. Darius is fat, taking medication for clinical depression, verbally bullied, and friendless. ![]() Parents need to know that Adib Khorram's utterly captivating cross-cultural coming-of-age novel Darius the Great Is Not Okay chronicles a few life-changing weeks in the life of Darius Grover Kellner, a half-Persian half-American sophomore at a Portland, Oregon, high school. Pepper, Sour Patch Kids, and Darius and Subway restaurant for scene setting. ![]()
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