The Lerner Blog

by Amy Fitzgerald, Editorial Director, Carolrhoda Books Two years ago, when literary agent Allison Hellegers sent me Fugly, a young adult novel about a teen who channels her weight-centered self-loathing into internet trolling, my first thought was “Ugh. No thank you.”Read more "“Who Needs A Story Like This?” An Editor’s Take on Fugly by Claire Waller"