Inside Out and Back Again

The book I read is Inside out & Back again by Thanhha Lai. This is the only book I've read from her. Some of her other books are, guys read: true stories, Thanhha Lai young readers collection and Listenslowly. Inside out & Back again is a girl named há. Há and her family are being forced to move to the U.S. The theme of the story is há’s family is all she has left after the incident of what had happened back home in Vietnam.

In the story há and her family are being forced to move to the U.S. because of the Vietnam war that has happened near her home and was longer safe. They end up on a navy ship and leaves Vietnam. They spending a couple months at a refugee camp and afterwards they're sent to Alabama.

I would recommend this book to anyone that likes verse novel and true stories. This book is amazing and emotional to read but it's still a great book. 

Book Review by Shailyn V.

Inside Out and Back Again

Inside Out and Back Again

This book is about a little girl named Thanhha Lai. She was born in Vietnam and moved to Alabama. In 1975, when she was 10 years old, she escaped from South Vietnam, leaving the world she knew and loved. Thanhha Lai shares in words how her family escaped Vietnam before the fall of Saigon. This book is pretty much a diary of her life moving from Vietnam to Alabama. She describes about her journey on a boat for a week with her family. She tells about how the United States is different from the landscapes to the food to the little things. The United States of America is nothing compared to Vietnam.  It is also different because of the coldness of its strangers. Thanhha also tells about getting bullied for what she believes and how she looks. They called her “BUDA” because she was Asian and called her “pancake face” for the shape of her head. They pulled her hair and chased her until she started to cry in tears.  The moving situation had a big impact on her because she had friends and family still living in Vietnam.

I thought that this book was very life changing because it shows you her point of view and how she felt all this time in every single detail.  It also helped me understand what it is like to move to a whole different country. Basically the book shows there are people out there that suffer more than you.

I would recommend this book because it teaches different ways of life and the suffering people have to go through. It also teaches about her culture.  It’s not a hard book to read and once you read it you won’t be able to stop.

Book Review by Jonathan M.

Inside Out and Back Again

This book is called "Inside out and back again" by "Thanha Lai", and I haven't read any of her other books, (if she has any) but this book is really good, and this boom was rewarded with the "2011 National Book Award for young peoples Literature. This book is based on the authors childhood, this story catches a scared/strong girls struggles to find who she is in her family, her new house, and the world.

Things are changing in Ha's world, when the Vietnam War close to her home in Saigon, her friends have left, and her oldest brother is talking against the North, the likelihood of being cause to come together with her father.

I really liked this cool book because it's based on a true story, it's amazing, and it's written as a poem book. So if you're looking for an Action, Life lessons, ways of life, and love, I suggest that you read this book, it's really good. 

Book Review by J'Vonn C.