Title: Inside out and back again
Author: Thanhha Lai
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Genre: Non fiction
Sub-Genre: historical
Theme: Hope, survival
Primary Characters: Hà
Secondary Characters: mother, three brothers
Awards: Newberry Honor book
Publisher and Date of Publication: HarperCollins, 2011
Summary:
After her father has been missing in action for nine years during the Vietnam War, 10-year-old Hà flees with her mother and three older brothers. Traveling first by boat, the family reaches a tent city in Guam, moves on to Florida, and is finally connected with sponsors in Alabama, where Hà finds refuge but also cruel rejection, especially from mean classmates. One thing that I found interesting about this book, is that it is written in short, free verse poetry. This book is a Newberry honor book, and would fit easily into a curriculum in history about the Vietnam war. This book is appropriate for children 8 and up.
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