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Adam Bagdasarian

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Young Adult, Literature & Fiction

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My Name Is Aram, The Sun Also Rises, Catcher in the Rye, and The Great ...more

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Adam Bagdasarian is an Armenian American writer for teenagers and young adults. His first novel, Forgotten Fire, became a National Book Award Finalist. His second novel First French Kiss: and other traumas gained as much success as his first one. He resides in New York City.

Son of Ross Bagdasarian creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks and younger brother of Ross Bagdasarian Jr.

I read My Name Is Aram, by William Saroyan, when I was fourteen-years-old. From the first page of the first short story, the book was a revelation. The simplicity of the language, the warmth and humor of the narrator's voice dissolved the usual wall between writer and reader and made me feel a part of the stories I was reading. Before then, many of the books I had to rea ...more

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Adam Bagdasarian’s books

Average rating: 4.19 · 3,150 ratings · 469 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Forgotten Fire 4.27 avg rating — 2,732 ratings — published 2000 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First French Kiss: and Other Traumas 3.68 avg rating — 418 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Adam Bagdasarian (?)

“The problem with loneliness is that, unlike other forms of human suffering, it teaches us nothing, leads us nowhere, and generally devalues us in our own eyes and the eyes of others.”
― Adam Bagdasarian, Forgotten Fire

tags: sad

45 likes

“There is nothing these hands can hold worth having. They cannot hold the moonlight, or the melody of a song, or even the beauty of a woman. They can touch her face, but not her beauty. Only the heart can hold such things.”
― Adam Bagdasarian, Forgotten Fire

tags: beauty, heart, inner-beauty, love

14 likes

“Who you are and what you believe in is your real home, the only home no one can take from you, the only home that will last.”
― Adam Bagdasarian, Forgotten Fire

tags: belief, believe, home, identity

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