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.


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