Bibliograph

Inside out & back again, Thanhha Lai

Type

Label

Inside out & back again, Thanhha Lai

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

For primary school age

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Inside out & back again

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

841486695

Responsibility statement

Thanhha Lai

Summary

Winner of the 2011 National Book Prize for Young People's Literature and 2012 Newbery Medal Honor Book, this stunning and engaging verse novel will captivate readers of all ages. Moving to America turns Ha's life inside out. 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. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. Ha and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, Ha discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape ... and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Inside out and back again

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