Middle Grade
2 books, newest first
When Clouds Touch Us2023 · Historical
Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor 2023NCTE Notable Verse Novel 2024
In this sequel to Inside Out & Back Again, Hà and her family came to Alabama as refugees from the Vietnam War two years earlier. Now they must uproot again when her mother takes a job in Texas, and Hà has to start over in another unfamiliar place.
Inside Out & Back Again2011 · Historical
Newbery Honor 2012National Book Award Winner 2011Jane Addams Children's Book Honor 2012ALSC Notable Children's Book 2012
In 1975, ten-year-old Ha flees Saigon with her mother and brothers as the war ends, and must rebuild her life as a refugee in Alabama, facing a new language, prejudice, and longing for home.