Captures a child-refugee's struggle with rare honesty. Written in accessible, short free-verse . . . readers will be moved by Hà's sorrow as they recognize the anguish of being the outcast. Booklist (starred review)
Thanhhà Lai is a Vietnamese-American writer of middle-grade and young adult novels. She lives in upstate New York with her husband and daughter.
Her first novel, Inside Out & Back Again (2011), won the National Book Award and a Newbery Honor, and was a New York Times bestseller. Other books include Listen, Slowly (2015) and Butterfly Yellow (2019), her YA debut. Hundred Years of Happiness (2022), Thanhhà's first picture book, is out now.