Books like A Work in Progress

Looking for books like A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner (Verse Novel · grades 4–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of mental health, identity, and resilience. The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 4–8 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to A Work in Progress

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Why each is a match

Louder Than Hungergrades 7–12
Shares themes of mental health, identity, and resilience, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (7–12).
Good Differentgrades 6–9
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (6–9).
In the Beautiful Countrygrades 3–6
Shares themes of resilience, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (3–6).
Mid-Airgrades 6–8
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (6–8).
Something Like Homegrades 6–8
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (6–8).
I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition)830L
Shares themes of identity and resilience and overlapping grades (6–10).
Other Words for Home930L
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (4–7).
Speak690L
Shares themes of mental health and identity and overlapping grades (8–10).
The Crossover750L
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (5–8).
A Royal Conundrumgrades 3–6
Shares themes of identity and overlapping grades (3–6).

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