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Review Of Inside Out And Back Again By Thanhha Lai

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Did you know that 33,972 people are forced a day to flee their home due to escalating situations in their home. Like these refugees , Ha and her family are one of those 33,972 refugees. Ha and her family became refugees looking for asylum like any other refugee fleeing their home country due to war. These people are people who leave their country due to escalating situation and try to find a new place to call home . In the book Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, tells us about a 10 year old girl who has been through a dangerous war and fleeing her home in Saigon, Vietnam. Due to her and her family fleeing Saigon’s escalating situation they went to Florida then to the U.S and to Alabama where it's safer. The title Inside Out and
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