Books like Inside Out & Back Again

Looking for books like Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai (Middle Grade Verse Novel / Historical Fiction · 800L · grades 4–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of immigration, refugees, and resilience. The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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10 books similar to Inside Out & Back Again

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Why each is a match

Refugee800L
Shares themes of refugees, family, and displacement and a close reading level (800L vs 800L).
Front Desk640L
Shares themes of immigration, resilience, and family and a close reading level (640L vs 800L).
In the Beautiful Countrygrades 3–6
Shares themes of immigration, resilience, and family and overlapping grades (3–6).
Parachute Kidsgrades 3–7
Shares themes of immigration, resilience, and family and overlapping grades (3–7).
Dragonwings870L
Shares themes of immigration and family and a close reading level (870L vs 800L).
Other Words for Home930L
Shares themes of immigration and family and a close reading level (930L vs 800L).
The War That Saved My Life580L
Shares themes of resilience and family and a close reading level (580L vs 800L).
The Poet X800L
Shares themes of family and a close reading level (800L vs 800L).
Wonder790L
Shares themes of family and a close reading level (790L vs 800L).
Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet820L
Shares themes of family and a close reading level (820L vs 800L).

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