Lombard, Jenny.

Drita, my homegirl / by Jenny Lombard. - New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2006. - 135 p. ; 22 cm.

School Library Journal starred, March 2006 Publisher's Weekly, March 2006 Booklist, May 2006 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2006 Kirkus Review, January 2006

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.

5.2 5-8 Follett Library Resources

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Refugees--Fiction.
Emigration and immigration--Fiction.
Albanian Americans--Fiction.
Family life--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.


New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

PZ7.L83315 / Dri 2006

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