Thanhha Lai
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"An's grandmother Ba sometimes gets trapped in her cloudy memories. An and her grandfather Ong come up with a plan to bring her back to a happy moment: growing gac fruits so they can make xoi gac, Ba's favorite dish from her wedding in Vietnam many years ago. An and Ong must be patient as the seeds grow, flower, and turn into fruit. When the xoi gac is finally ready, An is hopeful that her grandmother will remember her wedding wish with Ong: hundred...
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A Boston Globe–Horn Book Award finalist!
Inspired by the author's own childhood, this stunning novel in verse, the sequel to the award-winning #1 bestseller Inside Out and Back Again, picks up two years after Hà and her family arrive in Alabama as refugees from the Việt Nam War.
Hà and her family have worked hard to make a life for themselves in the US, but it hasn't come easy.
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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,...