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Inside Out and Back Again Thanhha Lai
Publisher: HarperCollins

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai. As Ha is only 10-years-old herself, Inside Out and Back Again would be completely accessible for an upper elementary or early middle school student. Inside Out & Back Again is the second middle grade verse book I read this year (May B being numero uno), and man do I wish these stories were around when I was in elementary school! This is less a 'review' (though I feel very uncomfortable saying I review books so please know I use the term loosely) and more of a sigh or a clutch to the heart. Inside Out & Back Again is a story I was assigned to read about a girl named Ha who is forced to flee Saigon with her family when the Vietnam war hits close to home and has live in America with a host family from Alabama. Inside out and back again cover image Inside Out & Back Again, by Thanhha Lai. In any other given year, INSIDE OUT AND BACK AGAIN by Thanhha Lai would be the sort of novel that the Newbery committee would drool over. This is her home but the Vietnam War is encroaching upon her life quickly. Thoughts on Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai. Blind conviction" (page 25) I am so thankful to be a reader. In my previous post about how I got into publishing, I mentioned a particular book that I've had the pleasure of working on called Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai. For all the ten years of her life, Ha has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. HmmI don't know how to do special characters in here, so the main character's name is not going to be spelled properly. The sights and smells of the markets, her own papaya tree. "One cannot justify war unless each side. For a few hours, I live someone else' life. We climb on and claim a space of two straw mats under the deck, enough for us five to lie side by side. Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai. Inside Out & Back Again is the first book I have read that detailed what refugees endured from the first day back in their own country. Inside Out & Back Again By Thanhha Lai Published 2011 by HarperCollins.