<b>A <i>Booklist</i> Top 10 Sports Book for Youth, 2018</b><br /><br /> “A powerful YA novel about identity and prejudice.”<br /><b><i>—Entertainment Weekly</i></b><br /><br /> “With humor, power, smarts, and honesty, Farizan has written a conversation-starter.”<br /><b><i>—The Boston Globe</i></b><br /><br /> “<i>Here to Stay</i> tackles serious, timely issues with grace, humor, and urgency—as the best YA novels do.”<br /><b><i>—</i>HelloGiggles</b><br /><br /> “The novel effortlessly tackles several important societal issues, keeping them in the foreground without detracting from the main focus: Bijan's entertaining internal color commentary that reveals his thought processes. The resulting is an engaging page-turner. Powerful.”<br /> —<i><b>Kirkus Reviews</b></i><br /><br /> “Islamophobia, racism, homo- and heterosexuality, toxic masculinity, offensive sports mascots, activism, friendship, immigration, school politics, gun rights, and a splash of Iranian history make this about a lot more than high-school sports.”<br /> —<i><b>Booklist</b></i><br /><br /> “Farizan portrays the richness and warmth of the Persian culture of Bijan’s proud mother. A touching subplot explores the romance and high school politics of a budding lesbian relationship. Recommended for all high school collections.”<br /><b><i>—School Library Journal</i></b><br /><br /> “<i>Here to Stay </i>is refreshingly frank, revealing the unsettling truth that the very social stigmas we pretend we have conquered still exist.”<br /> —<i><b>The Salisbury Post</b></i>