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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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Books by Adam Bagdasarian

Average rating: 4.08 · 631 ratings · 171 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Forgotten Fire 4.17 avg rating — 538 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	My rating:
	First French Kiss: And Other Traumas 3.57 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	My rating:

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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

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“we don't know he's dead do we? Have we seen a body? Has anyone told us he's dead?"
I didn't say anything," he protested.
Then don't look at me like I'm crazy. If I'm wrong,let me be wrong , let me be crazy,”
― Adam Bagdasarian, Forgotten Fire

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