Inside Out & Back Again
Thanhha Lai
Historical Fiction / Young Adult
Inside Out & Back Again
by Thanhha Lai
—· 276 p· 2011
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Overview
About
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.
Pages
276
Yunnan chu ban ji tuan gong si
Linguistic complexity
2/5
Straightforward
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
—
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Reader feel
Emotional depth10
Verse Form Impact10
Immigrant Experience Authenticity10
Prose9
Narration9
Pacing7
Worldbuilding5
Plot twists3
My journey
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