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Inside Out & Back Again

Thanhha Lai

2011262 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2011
first published
  • 2011Harper · 262 pages · ENGISBN 9780061962783
  • 2011HarperCollins eBooks · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780062069726
  • 2012Scholastic · 263 pages · ENGISBN 9780545508971
  • 2012Scholastic · 272 pages · ENGISBN 9780545447850
  • 2012Recorded Books · ENGISBN 9781464020988
  • 2017Harper · 277 pages · ENGISBN 9780061962790
  • 2019Thorndike Press Large Print · 290 pagesISBN 9781432863982
  • 2017HarperCollins · 288 pagesISBN 9780062574022
ContemplativeWhimsicalHistoricalStandard readModern History

Inside Out & Back Again is a verse novel by Thanhha Lai. The book was awarded the 2011 National Book Award for Young People's Literature and one of the two Newbery Honors. The novel was based on her first year in the United States, as a ten-year-old girl who spoke no English in 1975.

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MoodPlayfulReflective
AtmosphereBleak

Worth knowing

Written forChildrenMiddle grade

When and where

Reading situationRead aloudBedtime
PlaceBig city

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