Inside Out and Back Again (2011)

by Thanhhà Lại

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Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.

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Independent Reading Level: Grades 3-5
Awards: National Book Award for Young People's Literature and John Newbery Medal

djlackey | Apr 28, 2024 |

National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2001)
John Newbery Medal (2012)

LizzieSanders | Apr 28, 2024 |

Independent Reading Level: Grade 3 - 5
Awards/Honors: 2011 US National Book Award for Young People's Literature (

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laholley | Apr 27, 2024 |

this book is about a young girl who immigrates to the United States from Vietnam during the Vietnam war. This book was very emotional as the main character faces many different challenges as she immigrates and tries to find her place in the US. Overall, I really enjoyed this book and I think that it would be great for 5th-8th graders.

kaylee.dicey | Apr 23, 2024 |

Very moving. A lovely story that holds on to you. (

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Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee – Grades 4-6 – 2013)

Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee – 2014)

Iowa Children's Choice Award (Nominee – 2015)

Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Honor Book – Books for Older Children – 2012)

Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee – 2014)

National Book Award (Winner – Young People's Literature – 2011)

Newbery Medal (Honor Book – 2012)

North Carolina Children's Book Award (Nominee – Junior Book – 2014)

Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee – Intermediate – 2014)

Nēnē Award (Nominee – 2013)

Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee – Upper Elementary School Division – 2014)

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee – Grades 6-8 – 2014)

Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee – 2013)

Rhode Island Children's Book Award (Nominee – 2013)

Sasquatch Book Award (Nominee – 2014)

Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee – Children's – 2014)

South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee – Children's Book Award – 2013)

Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee – Children's Fiction – 2014)

Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)

Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee – Intermediate – 2014)

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KIDS Reading Across Rhode Island (2013)

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The Best Children's Books of the Year (Nine to Twelve – 2012)

Book Links Lasting Connections (2011)

Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth (2011)

Books From All 50 States (and Washington, D.C.!) (Alabama)

Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens (2012)

CCBC Choices (2012)

Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers – 2011)

El día de los niños / El día de los libros (2013)

El día de los niños / El día de los libros (2012)

El día de los niños / El día de los libros (2014)

Idaho Battle of the Books (Middle/Junior High – 2020)

NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2012)

NCTE/CLA Notable Children's Book in the English Language Arts (2012)

Notable Book for a Global Society (2012)

Notable Children's Book (2012)

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year (2011)

Teacher Favorites Award (Advanced Readers (Grades 6–8, Ages 11–14) – 2012)

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To the millions of refugees in the world, may you each find a home

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1975: Year of the Cat
Today is Tet,
the first day
of the lunar calendar.
Every Tet
we eat sugary lotus seeds
and glutinous rice cakes.
We wear all new clothes,
even underneath.

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Appelt, Kathi

Perkins, Mitali

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Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.

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