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Inside Out and Back Again

By: Thanhha Lai
Narrated by: Doan Ly
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National Book Award, Young People's Literature, 2011

Vietnam-born author Thanhha Lai bursts onto the literary scene with Inside Out & Back Again—her National Book Award-winning debut. Written in rich, free-verse poems, this moving tale follows a young Vietnamese girl as she leaves her war-torn homeland for America in 1975. With Saigon about to fall to the communists, 10-year-old Hà, her mother, and brothers are forced to flee their beloved city and head to the United States. But living in a new country isn’t easy for Hà, and she finds adapting to its strange customs ever challenging.

©2011 Thanhha Lai (P)2012 Recorded Books, LLC

Accolades & Awards

National Book Award
2011
Fiction National Book Award Heartfelt Inspiring Tearjerking Historical Fiction
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Heartbreaking Tale • Poetic Style • Fantastic Narration • Cultural Perspective • Historical Insight

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The best book I ever had played overall I love it the book tells about a real person

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Great listen. Good for me because I'll annotate while reading instead of just listening first.

This book was added to my 8th grade curriculum.

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Beautifully composed and thoughtfully narrated, a powerful memoir about a family immigrating from Vietnam to America during the war.

A Beautiful Memoir about Immigration

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Vietnam had an impact throughout the world and life as we knew it will never be the same. Our story concerns one family who left their motherland to plant new roots in America.

Wars and Life Changes

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It was a good story. I was expecting more out of it and it just ended suddenly. It stinks that it doesn’t let you know that it is one of many to finish the story.

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