TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lombard,Jenny
TI  - Drita, my homegirl
SN  - 0142409057
AV  - PZ7.L83315 Dri 2008
U1  - [Fic] 22
PY  - 2008///, c2006
CY  - New York
PB  - Puffin Books
KW  - Refugees
KW  - Fiction
KW  - sears
KW  - Immigration and emigration
KW  - Albanian Americans
KW  - Family life
KW  - Friendship
KW  - School stories
KW  - New York (N.Y.)
N1  - 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; 4.4; 5-8; Follett Library Resources
N2  - 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
ER  -