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Feb 01, 2024bocalibrary_Gianni rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A touching story told in free verse that is accessible to all readers. Lai successfully accomplishes the task of narrating a profound story through the poetry medium, making such a challenging feat seem effortless.
Aug 09, 2023
Hà is 10 years old when, at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, her family escape to the US as refugees. This semi-autobiographical novel, written in prose-like verse, poignantly describes Hà's emotional upheaval as she starts again as an…
Oct 21, 2022Lidiaruiz rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Enjoyed this book
Sep 13, 2022AZBookChick rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Touching, and a very quick read, this explores a year in the life of an immigrant from the point of view of a little girl who moves from Saigon to Alabama.
May 28, 2022zmerchant rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
In this book, the young girl, Ha tells her story of fleeing from a war zone. Even though the topic was so serious, she managed to tell her story in a light and interesting way. My daughter and I enjoyed this book. We would certainly…
Sep 24, 2021
Inside Out and Back Again is a story made up from many wonderful first person narrative poetries. The author wrote out her experience of the young girl Ha, having to leave her homeland during the Vietnam War to a forien country and…
Aug 23, 2021blue_dolphin_3008 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Great story about Ha, a ten-year-old who's father is MIA during the Vietnam war, and must flee to America, from her beloved home with her Mother and brothers for safety. When a generous man sponsors them all and takes them to his home in…
May 16, 2021Ebstar rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Maybe it's okay. Since there's been enough chit-chat on the backstage story, I'll say it was okay. I can't say it was great, because I have read many other great memiors from other authours. Yet Ha was so honest and skimmed it down to only…
May 16, 2021Rowerdin rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A really excellent memoir in poetry form making it an interesting read for a pre-teen.
May 11, 2021TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The book was based on Thanhha La’s experience when she first moved to the United States in 1975. During this time she was a Vietnamese immigrant girl who was ten years old who didn’t know how to speak English. I thought this was a lovely…
May 03, 2021AMB_4 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is a moving tale of a young girl who must navigate middle school, with its bullies and changing allegiances and cliques, as well as assert her Vietnamese identity at the height of the Vietnam conflict. The historical context requires…
Jan 03, 2021
Amazing book, that really gives you a feeling of Ha's life, a new perspective that you can't find anywhere else. Completely recommend, it is a wonderful read!
Sep 30, 2020
First off I would like to say that some parts of this book is in Vietnamese. The concept covered in this book is immgration or the feeling of willingness. In this book it starts off with a young girl and her family who moves to America due…
Jul 28, 2020barzaaah rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Written in an untraditional structure, “Inside Out and Back Again” by Thanhha Lai is a gripping story about a young girl and her family who were forced to flee their home, Saigon, and journey to America. From her love of papaya trees and…
Jul 15, 2020
What a beautiful book. I felt like I was truly getting a window into Ha's soul and experience through the free-verse poetry.
Jun 20, 2020edwinomesh rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is a great story that is crafted as a poem. Written by a refugee from Vietnam itself, it brings out the true light of the Vietnam War and gives detail on how life was for someone from that time period. It also highlights the racism…
Apr 28, 2020LibraryWAS rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Beautiful story written in verse. Based on true events after the fall of Saigon, the narrator and her family leave Vietnam and head to the US. Having been to Vietnam, this story does an excellent job capturing the feeling of the country…
Apr 21, 2020JCLColleenO rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Beautiful story about a girl in Vietnam in 1975 after she & her family escape the war to America. Told in poems, this is a quick read, and full of emotion.
Apr 18, 2020
For Ha', Saigon has always been her home, but now the Vietnam War has come to her home and she and her family must find a new home- in America.
May 10, 2019kibister rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Beautifully written free verse poem that tells the story of a Vietnamese family fleeing to America amidst the fall of Saigon. Really poignant to read now given the current political climate. The confusion, panic, and uncertainty that comes…
Feb 06, 2019
it such a great book it like an adventure book but 10 TIMES BETTER i can wait to read the second book!:)
Jul 14, 2018JakeFuture905 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book is amazing! It opened a doorway into a new world for me. Most of us know about refugees from wars like the Syrian civil war and the Vietnam war, but few of us actually understand what's going on. Amazing read for anyone who can…
Feb 25, 2017JCLEmilyD rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Oh how I loved this book! It is wonderfully written in a series of poems by a 10 year-old girl leaving her home in Vietnam because of the war.
Jun 10, 2015violet_owl_155 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Sort of sad that the girl had to leave her friends and that her schoolmates picked on her.
Jun 03, 2015BUNBUN1978 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I am not a big fan of books in verse so I was a bit reluctant to read this. I am glad i did it was a good book. It verse makes it a very quick read. It might be a good book to give to reluctant readers.