Drita, my homegirl
Title
:
Drita, my homegirl
Personal Author EPSB
:
Jenny. Lombard
Summary
:
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.
Year Published
:
2006
Physical Description
:
135 p. ; 22 cm.
Program Information
:
Accelerated Reader MG 3.9 4.0 105850
Accelerated Reader 3.9 4.0
Subject
:
Refugees -- Fiction.
Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
Albanian Americans -- Fiction.
Family life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Schools -- Fiction.
Family -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
School stories.
Refugees -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
Albanian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
Friendship---Fiction
Inter-racial---Fiction
Schools -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Summary
:
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.
ISBN
:
9780399243806
Publisher
:
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2006.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Elizabeth Finch | F LOM | Book | 31459000016494 | Fiction |