<p>Alternating voices of 4th-graders Drita and Maxie reveal their individual journeys through change, pain, discovery and friendship. An intuitive teacher gives popular, but acting-out Maxie an assignment: interview newcomer Drita about her war-torn homeland, Kosova, and journey to the United States. Despite the language barrier they find an African-American and Muslim Albanian refugee have more in common than they imagined. Compassionate and entertaining.</p>

Drita, My Homegirl

Jenny Lombard

scholastic

A poignant story about the difficulties of leaving everything behind and the friendships that help you get through it.  Fleeing war-torn Kosovo, ten-year-old Drita and her family move to America with the dream of living a typical American life. But with this hope comes the struggle to adapt and fit in. How can Drita find her place at school and in her new neighborhood when she doesn?t speak any English? Meanwhile, Maxie and her group of fourth-grade friends are popular in their class, and make an effort to ignore Drita. So when their teacher puts Maxie and Drita together for a class project, things get off to a rocky start. But sometimes, when you least expect it, friendship can bloom and overcome even a vast cultural divide.

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Paw Prints 2008-07-10

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Drita, My Homegirl

Drita, My Homegirl