About This Lesson
On May 2nd, author-illustrator Jarrett Lerner’s illustrated novel in verse, A WORK IN PROGRESS, will be released (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin). The book tells the story of seventh grader Will, who is body-shamed in elementary school and develops disordered eating and body dysmorphia. Will and his story are based mainly on Jarrett’s experiences in elementary and middle school.
Read this brilliant interview Jarrett created Exclusively for KidLit TV: An imagined conversation between seventh grader Jarrett and his current self!
