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.
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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.