INSIDE OUT & BACK AGAIN By: Thanhha Lai

INSIDE OUT & BACK AGAIN  By: Thanhha Lai
This remarkable book just won a Newbery honor. It is the story of a young girl Ha and her family who have to flee Vietnam because of the bombing. It is their courage to leave a life that will change them forever. Ha's father is still missing after nine years. She only remembers him from pictures for she was a year old when he never came back from the war. The family heads for America and is sponsored by a family in Alabama. But people aren't as kind as you would hope. Ha has to start a new school, not even able to understand the customs or the language. Add to that the taunting of the other children and you really get to know what it felt like in 1975.  I have read the book twice and each time I find something more remarkable. It is told in prose and is beautifully written. $15.99 Harper