When Clouds Touch Us
Written by Thanhhà Lai
Published by HarperCollins Publishers
Inspired by the author’s own childhood, this stunning novel in verse, 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.
Primary ISBN: 9780063047006
Publication Date: May 2023
Available As: Hardcover, Audiobook, eBook
Middle Grade, Age 08 or older
Community Represented: Vietnamese/Vietnamese American
Themes: Audiobook, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Genre: Poetry, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict
Setting: United States (Texas), Vietnam
Character’s New Arrival/New American Status: Refugee
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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