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Description

Inside Out and Back Once more is a #1 New York Times bestseller, a Newbery Honor Volume, and a winner of the National Book Honor!

Inspired past the author'southward childhood experience every bit a refugee—fleeing Vietnam after the Autumn of Saigon and immigrating to Alabama—this coming-of-age debut novel told in poetry has been celebrated for its touching child's-centre view of family and immigration.

For all the ten years of her life, Hà has just known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, and the warmth of her friends close by. Just now the Vietnam War has reached her home. Hà and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward promise. In America, Hà discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its nutrient . . . and the strength of her very own family.

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

Praise For Inside Out and Back Again…

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

"Based in Lai's personal feel, this first novel captures a child–refugee's struggle with rare honesty. Written in attainable, short free–verse poems, Hà's firsthand narrative describes her mistakes—both humorous and heartbreaking; and readers will be moved by Hà's sorrow equally they recognize the ache of being the outcast." — Booklist (starred review)

"The taut portrayal of Hà's emotional life is especially poignant equally she cycles from feeling smart in Vietnam to struggling in us, 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 verse. In her non-to-be-missed debut, Lai evokes a singled-out time and place and presents a complex, realistic heroine whom readers will recognize, even if they haven't institute themselves in a foreign new country." — Kirkus Reviews(starred review)

"American and Vietnamese characters alike leap to life through the vocalisation and eyes of a ten–yr–old girl—a protagonist so strong, loving, and bright I longed to hand her a wedge of freshly cut papaya." — Mitali Perkins, writer of Bamboo People

"Lai'southward spare language captures the sensory disorientation of changing cultures every bit well every bit a refugee'southward circuitous emotions and kaleidoscopic loyalties." — The Horn Book

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

"In this gratuitous-poesy narrative, Lai is sparing in her details, painting big pictures with few words and evoking abundant visuals." — Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Told in compelling gratis verse." — Brightly

HarperCollins, 9780061962783, 272pp.

Publication Date: February 22, 2011

Near the Author

Thanhhà Lai  is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Inside Out & Back Once more, her debut novel in poesy, which won both a National Book Award and a Newbery Honour, and the acclaimed Mind, Slowly and Butterfly Xanthous, both of which were named to numerous best book of the yr lists. She was born in Viêt Nam and now lives in New York with her family. To acquire more than nearly Thanhhà and her clemency, Viet Kids Inc., visit www.thanhhalai.com.