Run For Your Life Av Jane Mitchell

<p><b>A moving and sensitive children’s book exploring a child''s experience living in refugee accommodation in Ireland.<br></b></p><p><b>School Library Journal, “Best Books 2023”<br></b></p><p><span><b>Bank Street Best Children''s Books 2024</b></span></p><p><br></p><p><span><br>Azari’s life has been split in two and the halves are as different as lemons and mangoes. Running links the two parts of her life: sometimes when she runs it is because she wants to, because she feels strong and free. But sometimes it is because she has no other choice. </span></p><p><span>When Azari and her mother flee for their lives to Ireland they are put in a centre for asylum seekers. They mustshare a room with a stranger, eat food they don’t know the name of and answer intrusive questions from authorities. Azari''s life has secrets. Will she ever be able to stop running?</span></p>