Our social studies classrooms are filled with students from many different backgrounds. This article aims to help middle grades (grades 6-8) social studies teachers consider how trade books that feature the global South can be paired with primary historical texts in order to help students develop perspective consciousness. Social studies educators have long utilized primary sources as a tool to acknowledge multiple perspectives; however, if the subjects of primary sources are unfamiliar, not all students may be able to completely grasp the concepts of perspective consciousness. In addition to helping students relate to characters' struggles and triumphs and foregrounding diverse voices, trade books can encourage dialogue among students about how the texts contextualize primary sources and global perspectives and, hopefully, foster perspective consciousness. "Inside Out and Back Again" provides teachers and students with the opportunity to explore the topics of war, colonialism, immigration, refugees, and the hegemony of the global North.