Drita, my homegirl /
by Jenny Lombard.
- New York : Puffin Books, 2008, c2006.
- 135 p. ; 20 cm.
Wilson's Children, October 2007 School Library Journal starred, March 2006 Publisher's Weekly, March 2006 Booklist, May 2006 Horn Book, October 2006 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2006 Kirkus Review, January 2006 Multicultural Review, December 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. Immigration and emigration--Fiction. Albanian Americans--Fiction. Family life--Fiction. Friendship--Fiction. School stories.