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Inside Out & Back Over again

by Thanhhà Lai

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    • Grades: 4 - 7
    • Ages: nine - 12
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    Awards:

    National Book Award ; Newbery Honor

    • Format: Paperback Book

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Based on the writer'south own childhood and written in free-poesy poems, this unforgettable story captures a fierce daughter's struggles to find her place in her family, in her new dwelling house, and in the world.

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Things are irresolute in Hà's world as the Vietnam War comes closer and closer to her home in Saigon. Her friends and neighbors are leaving, her oldest brother is speaking out against the Due north, and the likelihood of being reunited with her male parent—who has been missing in action for ix years—is growing dimmer.

When Saigon falls in 1975, Hà and her family unit are forced to flee on a navy ship and, after spending months in refugee camps, end up moving to Alabama. In that location, Hà struggles to deal with everything from learning the linguistic communication and customs to treatment the bullies who make fun of her at school. Volition she always feel at dwelling house in this strange new land? And volition she e'er see her father once again?

This compelling story offers a poignant expect at one girl's journey from Vietnam to America.

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Product Details

    • Grades: 4 - 7
    • Ages: 9 - 12
  • Product Type: Book
  • Page Count: 272 pages
  • Dimensions: 5 ane/four" x 7 5/8"
  • Linguistic communication: English
  • Subject area & Themes: Immigration, Asia, The Vietnam & Korean Wars, Prejudice & Racism, Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
  • Genre: Historical Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 978-0-545-44785-0