Historical Fiction
Inside Out & Back Again
2011·274 pages
A Vietnamese girl flees falling Saigon and rebuilds her life in Alabama, facing grief, bullying, and change in spare free verse.
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A Vietnamese girl flees falling Saigon and rebuilds her life in Alabama, facing grief, bullying, and change in spare free verse.
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No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama. For all the ten years of her life, HÀ has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by . . . and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. HÀ and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, HÀ discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the c...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content present
Violence & gore
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Wartime peril and family loss; school bullying without graphic detail
Profanity
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No profanity present
Substance use
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No substance use depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation present
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources
Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Central focus on Vietnam War, refugee flight, immigration, and racism
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide content present
Abuse & suffering
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Racial bullying at school; wartime separation; refugee hardships
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