Inside Out & Back Again

Post date: Apr 24, 2012 1:33:49 PM

Thanhha Lai has been awarded the National Book Award and a Newbery Honor for her book Inside Out & Back Again. The story told in free verse begins in the final days of the Vietnam War with Ha's family is living in Saigon. They manage to escape on an overcrowded boat and make their way to America. Life is so very difficult when you don't know the language, the culture and are treated like you are stupid because of it. Ha misses her father and misses her home. How will she ever make her way in this strange land with its strange people who don't like "her people"?

This story is based on the experiences the author had as a child.