When Clouds Touch Us

A Boston Globe–Horn Book Awardfinalist!

Inspired by the author’s own childhood, this stunning novel in verse, the sequel to the award-winning #1 bestseller Inside Out and Back Again, picks up two years after H and her family arrive in Alabama as refugees from the Vit Nam War.

H and her family have worked hard to make a life for themselves in the US, but it hasn’t come easy. H has only just started to feel settled when Mother decides that the family will move to Texas for a new job.

H 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.

This lyrical and compelling sequel to the National Book Award Medalist and Newbery Honor winning, #1 New York Times bestselling novelInside Out and Back Againfollows H and her family through another year of upheaval, growth, and love.