Inside Out & Back Again
Ratings19
Average rating4.1
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Ratings19
Average rating4.1
Moving to America turns H&à's life inside out. For all the 10 years of her life, H&à has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. H&à and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, H&à discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape, and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.
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[10 stars ⭐️.]
This will forever be an enjoyable read for me. Every time I read it, it's like it gets better & better❤️.
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Reread #1: I can never get enough of this book. It..just does it every time
A beautiful story of family and change and how hard it is to be an immigrant. Gorgeous!
I like to occasionally dip into some middle grades, especially award winners but I'm thoroughly at an age where it just feels more or less a waste of my reading time. Not because they're bad by any means but more so I'm years out of the age range and I find next to no enjoyment while reading them unless they're truly special at this point.
It's the end of the long Vietnam War and Ha and her family live in Vietnam. It's a beautiful place, despite the war going on all around them, with delicious food and lush gardens. Ha does brilliant work in school and she has a wonderful, close-knit family. It's a small Eden in the midst of the terrible war.
Then the family cannot put things off any longer; the country they love is collapsing and they must leave Vietnam. The family escapes on a packed boat and is taken in by a cowboy in the American South and life becomes truly surreal for Ha.
A wonderful book that is deeply sad and wildly hopeful.
