According to the novel, Inside Out and Back Again, the main character Ha is a ten year old girl who is negatively affected by the war-torn country she is growing up in because it has caused her to grow up fatherless. Based on this poem, “Birthday Wishes,” and one other poem you have read so far in the novel, Write a paragraph in which you explain your current understanding of how Ha is affected by the loss of her father, using specific evidence from the text of both poems to support your analysis * A focus statement
* At least two pieces of specific evidence from the text
* For each piece of evidence, an analysis or explanation: what does this evidence mean? )
* A concluding sentence