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Name: Drita, My Homegirl
Author: Lombard, Jenny
ISBN: [978-0-14-240905-3,0-14-240905-7]

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Drita, My Homegirl

Author: Lombard, Jenny

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Follett Number: 11700V0
Audience: Middle School
Publisher: Puffin Books, c2006, p2008
Format: 135 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-240905-3
ISBN-10: 0-14-240905-7
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Fiction

Subjects:

Albanian Americans Fiction

Emigration and Immigration Fiction

Family Life Fiction

Friendship Fiction

New York (N.Y.) Fiction

Refugees Fiction

Schools Fiction

When ten-year-old Drita and her family, refugees from Kosovo, move to New York, Drita is teased about not speaking English well, but after a popular student named Maxine is forced to learn about Kosovo as a punishment for teasing Drita, the two girls soon bond.

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A poignant story about the difficulties of leaving everything behind and the friendships that help you get through it. Fleeing war-torn Kosovo, ten-year-old Drita and her family move to America with the dream of living a typical American life. But with this hope comes the struggle to adapt and fit in. How can Drita find her place at school and in her new neighborhood when she doesn't speak any English? Meanwhile, Maxie and her group of fourth-grade friends are popular in their class, and make an effort to ignore Drita. So when their teacher puts Maxie and Drita together for a class project, things get off to a rocky start. But sometimes, when you least expect it, friendship can bloom and overcome even a vast cultural divide.

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