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Title: Inside Out and Back Again
Author: Thanhha Lai
Narrator: Doan Ly
Format: Unabridged
Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-26-12
Publisher: Recorded Books
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 201 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
National Book Award, Young People's Literature, 2011
Vietnam-born author Thanhha Lai bursts onto the literary scene with Inside Out & Back Againher 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 isnt easy for Hà, and she finds adapting to its strange customs ever challenging.
Members Reviews:
The experience of a refugee in America
What made the experience of listening to Inside Out and Back Again the most enjoyable?
Many students in the United States know the pain and loneliness of being the new kid at a school. But most Americans move from one city to another, or one state to anothernot one country to another, and one culture to another. But reading allows children to learn about experience theyve never had. And really good books allow children to feel the feelings described. Inside Out And Back Again is one of those tales. One cant read it without changing as a person because the reader truly feels the feelings of Ha, the main character.
The story begins in Saigon, Viet Nam just before the city falls in the early 1970s. Ha, her mother and brothers flee the country and are sponsored by an American family in Alabama. The first half of the story takes place in Viet Nam and the second half takes place in the US.
What did you like best about this story?
Ha goes through are real human emotions as she navigates the types of things all kids must endure when they are thrust into a new situation, only Ha experiences them a much greater extreme.
This is a wonderful story, well written, emotionally tight. Fifth through seventh graders will enjoy it.
Who was the most memorable character of Inside Out and Back Again and why?
Ha suffers the prejudice and crulty of the children at her school. She suffers the confusion of not knowing the language. And she muddles through the difficulties of having to eat unfamiliar foods and missing the treats she enjoyed in her native land. She also experiences the kindness of neighbors and learns the wonder of building new friendships.
perfect
This audio book is phenomenal. As a monolingual English speaker, I struggle with pronouncing the Vietnamese words, so I truly appreciated this book. I used this novel as a read aloud with my 5th graders, all of whom thoroughly enjoyed this precious, funny, heartbreaking, relatable tale. Well done!
This is the best story EVER!
I loved this story's similarities to the authors life! I hope every person that listens to this story feels all of the story in the heart! instead of reading it, I would recommended to listen to the story.
Great read!
Story was real, authentic and viscerally engaging. We are transported into the life of the characters, living through war and then the Western multicultural experience, which is absolutely eye-opening and profound.
Shouldn't be a children's book
I selected this book because it has been talked up a lot in the intermediate/young adult category. I have a feeling it is nostalgia in some ways pushing this selection. I don't feel intermediate, even most young adults, have the historical reference points to carry them through this story.
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Title: Inside Out and Back Again
Author: Thanhha Lai
Narrator: Doan Ly
Format: Unabridged
Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-26-12
Publisher: Recorded Books
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 201 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
National Book Award, Young People's Literature, 2011
Vietnam-born author Thanhha Lai bursts onto the literary scene with Inside Out & Back Againher 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 isnt easy for Hà, and she finds adapting to its strange customs ever challenging.
Members Reviews:
The experience of a refugee in America
What made the experience of listening to Inside Out and Back Again the most enjoyable?
Many students in the United States know the pain and loneliness of being the new kid at a school. But most Americans move from one city to another, or one state to anothernot one country to another, and one culture to another. But reading allows children to learn about experience theyve never had. And really good books allow children to feel the feelings described. Inside Out And Back Again is one of those tales. One cant read it without changing as a person because the reader truly feels the feelings of Ha, the main character.
The story begins in Saigon, Viet Nam just before the city falls in the early 1970s. Ha, her mother and brothers flee the country and are sponsored by an American family in Alabama. The first half of the story takes place in Viet Nam and the second half takes place in the US.
What did you like best about this story?
Ha goes through are real human emotions as she navigates the types of things all kids must endure when they are thrust into a new situation, only Ha experiences them a much greater extreme.
This is a wonderful story, well written, emotionally tight. Fifth through seventh graders will enjoy it.
Who was the most memorable character of Inside Out and Back Again and why?
Ha suffers the prejudice and crulty of the children at her school. She suffers the confusion of not knowing the language. And she muddles through the difficulties of having to eat unfamiliar foods and missing the treats she enjoyed in her native land. She also experiences the kindness of neighbors and learns the wonder of building new friendships.
perfect
This audio book is phenomenal. As a monolingual English speaker, I struggle with pronouncing the Vietnamese words, so I truly appreciated this book. I used this novel as a read aloud with my 5th graders, all of whom thoroughly enjoyed this precious, funny, heartbreaking, relatable tale. Well done!
This is the best story EVER!
I loved this story's similarities to the authors life! I hope every person that listens to this story feels all of the story in the heart! instead of reading it, I would recommended to listen to the story.
Great read!
Story was real, authentic and viscerally engaging. We are transported into the life of the characters, living through war and then the Western multicultural experience, which is absolutely eye-opening and profound.
Shouldn't be a children's book
I selected this book because it has been talked up a lot in the intermediate/young adult category. I have a feeling it is nostalgia in some ways pushing this selection. I don't feel intermediate, even most young adults, have the historical reference points to carry them through this story.