Azzi In Between by Sarah Garland
Summary:
Azzi and her parents are in danger. Azzi’s life is turned upside down when she and her parents have to flee their home in the middle of the night to escape a war. They have to leave their home and escape to another country on a frightening journey by car and boat. In the new country they must learn to speak a new language, find a new home and Azzi must start a new school. With a kind helper at the school, Azzi begins to learn English and understand that she is not the only one who has had to flee her home. She makes a new friend, and with courage and resourcefulness, begins to adapt to her new life. But Grandma has been left behind and Azzi misses her more than anything. Will Azzi ever see her grandma again?
Social Studies it support:
Reader's response:
Class Discussion:
- A haunting story of a family's flight from danger to a new life in a new country
- Fiction
- 40 pages
- Published June 18 2012
- Grade: 1st-6th (Age level: 7-11)
Summary:
Azzi and her parents are in danger. Azzi’s life is turned upside down when she and her parents have to flee their home in the middle of the night to escape a war. They have to leave their home and escape to another country on a frightening journey by car and boat. In the new country they must learn to speak a new language, find a new home and Azzi must start a new school. With a kind helper at the school, Azzi begins to learn English and understand that she is not the only one who has had to flee her home. She makes a new friend, and with courage and resourcefulness, begins to adapt to her new life. But Grandma has been left behind and Azzi misses her more than anything. Will Azzi ever see her grandma again?
Social Studies it support:
- Immigrants
Reader's response:
- This is a story full of powerful emotions about fear, separation and loss, but it is also a story about hope and new beginnings
- Told from a child's perspective, their country is not named and nor is her family's destination mentioned.
- This opens the book up to readers that may have experienced forced immigration and can enable them to identify with the family thus helping them to share their stories. (Refugee child)
- The book has so much potential to be used in educating children and adults ignorant of the privations that refugee families and children experience when fleeing unstable regimes.
Class Discussion:
- What do you think about pictures? Right level for kids?
- How can you use this book to teach your students? (About immigrants)
- What activities can you use to apply this book?
- Do you think this topic is too sensitive to teach at really young kids? Why/ why not?
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