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Thanhha Lai's Inside Out And Back Again
Thanhha Lai’s novel, Inside Out and Back Again, is an example of a young refugee, Ha, who’s country suffered a war, forcing its citizens to flee. Like many other men, women, and children around the world, Ha left her home to escape the grip of the war, and the challenges that would be faced there, ultimately becoming a refugee. While leaving her homeland and moving overseas to America, she faced challenges that many other refugees suffer, and had to work her way through them. Thanhha Lai’s novel showed how Ha’s life, like the lives of other refugees, turned inside out.

Before the war, and her impending immigration, Ha lived a relatively normal life. Like anybody else, she lived among friends, family, and her community. When war arrived, her

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