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Inside Out And Back Again (2011)

by Thanhha Lai(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Harper Collins, Inc

review 1: This book of poems tells the story of a young girl's experiences as her family is forced to flee Saigon during the Vietnam war. She has planted a papaya tree in the garden, and the fruit becomes a symbol of hope, despair, foreignness, and adaptation as her family is relocated through a refugee program to Alabama. This book is a great model for students to use as they explore storytelling through poetry.Reading Level: W
review 2: This book is about Hà, a ten year old girl who leaves Vietnam with her mom and brothers. She hopes to leave the Vietnam war and find a safer life in the United States. The short poems narrate the life she leaves and the life she comes to in the United States. The family has many difficult times they have hope that their lives will be... morecome better.The genre of this book is be cultural. The format of this book is a chapter book of poems. The reading level for this class would be upper elementary students. You could use this book in a unit about poetry and teaching different forms of poems and how to create one.Theme of this book would be family. I think any gender, race, and socioeconomic status could enjoy this book. Lai, T., & Shappell, R. (2011). Inside out & back again. New York, NY: Harper. less

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