The book is about a boy who is half Persian, obsessed with tea and enjoys a single episode of Star Trek every night with his dad. Darius doesn't feel like he fits in with his classmates and he doesn't fit with his family in Iran. His classmates bully him and his father always seems disappointed in him. When he has to go to Iran to see his ailing grandfather he is excited and worried. He didn't learn Farsi like his younger sister and his mother tells him that family in Iran won't really understand his depression. He gets to know his grandmother and grandfather who he previously only ever saw or talked to on a computer screen. He makes a friend and it may be the best thing that happens to him. When he explains how he doesn't fit anywhere his new friend tells him that his place was empty for everyone he met in Iran. His place was empty and now it is filled because he is there. That stuck with me the most after reading this book. Maybe he didn't fit like he assumed he should but now he was a part of their lives and that filled a hole he didn't know was there. I loved all of the references to Tolkien and Star Trek. I even chose a LoTR bookmark before I knew how relevant that would be.