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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.
Reading Grade level:
5.2.
Grade Interest level:
5-8
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.
ISBN:
9780399243806
Publisher:
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2006.
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