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An edition of Inside Out & Back Again
(2011)
Inside Out & Back Again
by Thanhha Lai
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Inside Out & Back Again is a verse novel by Thanhha Lai. The book was awarded the 2011 National Book Award for Young People's Literature and one of the two Newbery Honors. The novel was based on her first year in the United States, as a ten-year-old girl who spoke no English in 1975.
Publish Date
2012
Publisher
Scholastic
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Verse novels, Vietnam War, North Vietnamese Army, Juvenile fiction, stories in verse, people & places, social themes, emigration & immigration, new experience, children's stories, historical juvenile fiction, Poetry, Songs, Verse, Realistic Fiction, fiction, history, novels in verse, historical fiction, refugees, prejudices, bullying, Juvenile Literature, Children's Literature, Juvenile audience, Emigration and immigration, Vietnamese Americans, Immigrants, New York Times bestseller, nyt:chapter_books=2012-01-28, Bullies, Reading Level-Grade 5, Reading Level-Grade 4, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 6, Reading Level-Grade 8, Newbery Honor, Immigration and emigration, Children's fiction, Stories in rhyme, Vietnamese americans, fiction, Emigration and immigration, fiction, Vietnam, fiction, Alabama, fiction, Novels in verse, Fiction, History, award:Newbery_award, lexile:800, lexile_range:801-900, age:min:9, age:max:12, grade:min:3, grade:max:7Places
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Inside Out & Back Again
2017, Harper
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Shi sui na nian: Inside out & back again
2013, Yunnan chu ban ji tuan gong si, Chen guang chu ban she, Chen Guang Chu Ban She
in Chinese
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7541452009 9787541452000
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Inside Out & Back Again
2012-01, Scholastic
Paperback
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- First Scholastic Printing
0545447852 9780545447850
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Inside Out & Back Again
2012-01, Scholastic
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Inside Out & Back Again
2011-01, HarperCollins eBooks
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Enjoyability 2
Engaging
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Exciting
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Clarity 1
Effective explanations
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Difficulty 1
Intermediate
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Genres 1
Biographical
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Memoir
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Based on a true story
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Mood 1
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Tense
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Dark
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Sad
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Inspiring
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Emotional
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Fearful
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Impressions 1
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Original
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| August 12, 2021 | Edited by Lisa | Update covers |
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| October 19, 2018 | Edited by Lisa | Added new cover |
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