Everything you need to understand or teach Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai.
Ten-year-old Ha lives in Vietnam with her mother and her three brothers. Her father disappeared when he was on a military mission when she was a year old. When Saigon falls, the family has to flee on a ship. They are rescued and taken to refugee camps. In America, they find a sponsor and settle in Alabama. The novel, formatted in verse and told from Ha’s point of view, relates the challenges Ha and her family have adapting to their new country.