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. Hà has only just started to feel settled when Mother decides that the family will move to Texas for a new job.

Hà knows how hard starting over is and doesn't want to have to do it again. But sometimes even an unwanted change can bring opportunity, new friends, and a place to call home.

This lyrical and compelling sequel to the National Book Award Medalist and Newbery Honor winning, #1 New York Times bestselling novel Inside Out and Back Again follows Hà and her family through another year of upheaval, growth, and love.

Author: Thanhh? Lai
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 05/09/2023
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780063047006
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 519649 / When Clouds Touch Us


Award: 2023 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Honor Book - Fiction & Poetry


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2023
Booklist 04/01/2023 pg. 70
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2023 pg. 141
Publishers Weekly 05/08/2023
Shelf Awareness 11/21/2023
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2023 - Superior,Well Above Average