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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 roofto