There are many reasons people leave their houses. As an example, from the book Inside Out and Back Again, Ha and her family had to leave their house because of the war that happened in Vietnamese. Since, they had to move they brought some materials with them: her mother brings the photograph of her soldier father, that is a taken prisoner and is missing in the war; her little brother tries to bring a baby chick from their backyard flock which he clings to too long after its death in his pocket; her oldest brother brings his English book and frantically studies, knowing that he will have to be the go-between for his family in their new life. Ha brings the knowledge that she is smart and a deep longing for the tastes and sights of home, especially
