A review by kibbles15
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lại

challenging emotional sad
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This is a heartbreaking book in verse about a young girl who is forced to flee Vietnam after the fall of Saigon during the Vietnam war.  It is well written, but it felt a bit unfinished for me. I realize it was a children's book and the author was trying to present the difficulty of adjusting as a foreign refugee in the United States, but it felt like the author only focused on the bad aspects of the move.  It would have been nice to see a balance where things started to get better, but the book ended at that point.  Even so, it was still a good book and I feel that children could learn a lot by reading it.
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