All of Me

After moving across the country, Ari makes new friends while his parents focus on selling and promoting his mother’s art. His father is often away, and Ari is bullied because of his weight but feels unable to talk with his parents about it. Following an upsetting incident, his mother urges him to diet. Told in free verse, the novel follows Ari as he works to define himself beyond body image and recognize the worth of himself, his family, and his friends.