Record is the verb in that sentence
From Saigon to Alabama, Inside Out and Back Again is the story of a year in the life of Hà, a ten-year-old girl who flees Vietnam with her mother and brothers, in hopes of escaping the Vietnam War and building new—and safer—lives for themselves in the United States.
A. Covering, like a scar
This is a simile. It is an example of figurative language.