To fill the gap in parental oversight for Darius and his 9-year-old sister, Laleh, Darius' father has called in Darius' grandmothers to help. The family's finances are in a precarious state, so his father has taken a temporary job out of town and his mother's working lots of overtime. But there are still big challenges to be faced. He's even become closer to his father, with whom he's had a distant relationship. He makes the varsity soccer team, starts an internship at Rose City Teas, and begins a relationship with Landon, the son of the tea shop owner and his first-ever boyfriend. Once friendless and verbally bullied for being overweight and "different," he's now starting his junior year at a Portland, Oregon, high school confident, in shape, and no longer willing to put up with being bullied. His family's visit to Iran and the friendships he made there have been life changers for the Persian American teen.
It's a new Darius in DARIUS THE GREAT DESERVES BETTER. There's a lot of passionate kissing, some wandering of hands below the waist, and characters talk about erections, masturbating, "hooking up," and "jerking off." This is a warm, engaging, and often funny sequel sure to please readers who already know Darius and certain to make fans of teens meeting him for the first time. A major storyline deals with the pressure Darius feels from his boyfriend to go further sexually than he's comfortable with. Characters occasionally use strong language ("bulls-t," "a-hole," "crap," "d-k"), and unlike Darius the Great Is Not Okay, this novel includes sexual content.
But he and his father are still battling bouts of depression, and the family's facing some tough financial times. He's not only made the varsity soccer team, but also become good friends with his teammates and begun an internship at his favorite tea shop, and he has his first-ever boyfriend. Sixteen-year-old Darius Kellner and his family have returned from a visit to his mother's family in Iran, and his junior year is off to a better start than the fat, bullied Darius of the first novel ever thought possible. Parents need to know that Adib Khorram's Darius the Great Deserves Better is the sequel to the multi-award-winning Darius the Great Is Not Okay. Characters wear Samba and Adidas shoes, watch Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Next Generationand Star Trek: Voyager, and read The Catcher in the Rye.
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