There's a fine line between questioning an issue, between highlighting the awfulness of something, through to trying to impose your authorial ideology upon another. this story ,about this girl named azzie escaping her country because of war and leaving her grandmother behing, she has to learn new language and her dad has to find a job or they won't have enough money to stay and they will have to go back to their country at war, is very good because i like adventure books and this one is very exiting, i do recommend this book! To me, it was the barrier created by Azzi's internal worries about her father's emotional well being, and the whereabouts of her absent grandmother, that resulted in her settling in a space between security and insecurity.

Azzi lives in a un-named country where her father 'worked as a doctor', her mother 'made beautiful clothes' and her grandma 'wove warm blankets.She goes to school, friends come over to play, her dad’s a doctor, mum sews beautiful clothes and her beloved grandma lives with them. With determination and love Azzi succeeds in bringing happiness to her family and is finally reunited with her dear grandma. It's not just about a perilous journey to a new country, but also her struggles with a new language and culture.

It's very emotive and it's a sensitive topic, children may be refugees themselves who may want to share their experiences or what they went through could be too difficult to talk about so as a teacher, you would have to know the individuals in the class very well.My children loved the story, found it exciting and interesting and have a much better understanding now of the experience of refugees. I was really impressed with this book--it showed just enough of the child's view on war and on being a refugee to make the reader anxious and afraid, but not so much that it would overwhelm or trigger a kid. I would honestly recommend this book to all teachers, adults and children over a certain age/maturity. The daughter of a publisher and illustrator, she trained as a typographer at the London College of Printing. very touchy story and very expressive illustrations, a lot to tell and to explain to your kids behind its lines , about war, homeland meaning , the refugee's suffering, family and hope.

This is a long book compared with most picture books and this length allows the author to explore Azzi's journey in detail.

Sarah Garland has written and illustrated over forty picture books and adventure stories for young children. It’s aimed at children so I can see why some of the more horrific aspects of life as a refugee are left out, but this meant it didn’t have the punch-in-the-gut impact I was hoping for. Azzi In Between is an excellent cross-curricular resource that looks at asylum, war, separation and integration and what it is to be a refugee today. Illustrated throughout, this heartfelt story contains so much: a family coping with bereavement, the alienation of moving somewhere new, and what it’s like when you can’t speak the language of the people around you.

A smashing, Amnesty-endorsed, story of a family's escape from war and their journey to a strange new country (probably the UK).It shows the differences in countries and cultures, and children would be able to notice similarities and differences between Azzi's life and their own lives. It prompts many good discussions about how one might feel as a refugee with the hardships possibly encountered when having to escape from war and other dangers.