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No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama."-Inside Out and Back Again

Thanhha Lai

No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama."-Inside Out and Back Again

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About Thanhha Lai

Thanhha Lai (Vietnamese: Lai T. Thanh Hà; born January 1, 1965) is a Vietnamese-American writer of children's literature. She won the 2011 National Book Award for Young People's Literature
and a Newbery Honor for her debut novel, Inside Out & Back Again, which was published by HarperCollins.