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Inside Out and Back Over again

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Inside Out and Dorsum Again is a #1 New York Times bestseller, a Newbery Award Volume, and a winner of the National Volume Award!

Inspired by the author's childhood experience as a refugee—fleeing Vietnam later the Autumn of Saigon and immigrating to Alabama—this coming-of-age debut novel told in poesy has been historic for its touching child's-middle view of family and immigration.

For all the ten years of her life, Hà has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, and the warmth of her friends close past. But now the Vietnam War has reached her dwelling. Hà and her family unit are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, Hà discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its nutrient . . . and the forcefulness of her very ain family unit.

This moving story of i girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing received four starred reviews, including one from Kirkus which proclaimed it "enlightening, poignant, and unexpectedly funny." An author'south notation explains how and why Thanhha Lai translated her personal experiences into Hà'southward story.

Praise For Inside Out and Back Over again…

"Open up this book, read it slowly to savour the delicious language. This is a book that asks the reader to be careful, to pay attention, to sigh at the end."
— Kathi Appelt, bestselling author of Newbery Laurels Volume The Underneath

"Based in Lai's personal feel, this first novel captures a child–refugee's struggle with rare honesty. Written in accessible, curt complimentary–verse poems, Hà's immediate narrative describes her mistakes—both humorous and heartbreaking; and readers will be moved past Hà's sorrow equally they recognize the anguish of existence the outcast."
— Booklist (starred review)

"The taut portrayal of Hà's emotional life is specially poignant equally she cycles from feeling smart in Vietnam to struggling in the States, and finally regains academic and social confidence. An incisive portrait of human resilience."
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"An enlightening, poignant and unexpectedly funny novel in poetry. In her not-to-be-missed debut, Lai evokes a distinct time and place and presents a complex, realistic heroine whom readers will recognize, even if they haven't found themselves in a strange new country."
— Kirkus Reviews(starred review)

"American and Vietnamese characters alike leap to life through the voice and eyes of a ten–year–former daughter—a protagonist so potent, loving, and vivid I longed to hand her a wedge of freshly cut papaya."
— Mitali Perkins, author of Bamboo People

"Lai's spare language captures the sensory disorientation of changing cultures as well as a refugee'south complex emotions and kaleidoscopic loyalties."
— The Horn Book

"Ha's voice is full of humor and promise."
— School Library Journal (starred review)

"In this free-verse narrative, Lai is sparing in her details, painting large pictures with few words and evoking abundant visuals."
— Message of the Center for Children's Books

"Told in compelling free verse."
— Brightly

HarperCollins, 9780061962783, 272pp.

Publication Date: Feb 22, 2011

About the Author

Thanhhà Lai  is the #1 New York Times bestselling writer of Inside Out & Back Again, her debut novel in verse, which won both a National Volume Honor and a Newbery Honor, and the acclaimed Listen, Slowly and Butterfly Yellowish, both of which were named to numerous best book of the twelvemonth lists. She was born in Viêt Nam and now lives in New York with her family. To learn more than nearly Thanhhà and her charity, Viet Kids Inc., visit world wide web.thanhhalai.com.