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Fleeing wartorn kosovo, tenyearold drita and her family move to america with the dream of living a typical american life. Two girls from different worlds and cultures come together in this deft representation of immigration and multicultural friendship. Maxie is african american, one of the incrowd that wants nothing to do with the newcomeruntil her social studies teacher charges her with interviewing drita about her story. Drita, my homegirl is an amazing albeit short book and a great story of. Suddenly, maxie realizes she and drita have more in common than she thought. She and her family are forced to flee their home country with only the clothes on their backs and face ma. Drita, my homegirl is an amazing albeit short book and a great story of friendship and school life. Drita and her family come to new york as refugees from war torn kosovo. But with this hope comes the struggle to fit in and adapt, in a poignant story about the friendships that can overcome a cultural divide. The worst is maxie, a tough africanamerican girl whose sassy.
In this short book with chapters alternating from firstperson drita to first. Jenny lombard when tenyearold 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. Read it aloud to groups and let the conversations begin. Drita my homegirl recommended for grades 36 oswego campus montgomery campus 32 w jefferson street 1111 reading drive oswego, il. Drita, a fourth grader who has just arrived in new york from kosovo, is eager to make friends at her new school.
Drita, my homegirl jenny lombard snippet view 2006. Drita my homegirl shows a friendship that is unlikely and challenging, but still very fulfilling for both girls. Fiction fleeing from wartorn kosovo, 10yearold drita and her family move to america with the dream of living a typical life. She created two girl characters fraught with challenges, and that leaves a lot to be resolved in this little middle grade book. Drita has just arrived in new york city from a devastated kosov. Drita my homegirl biblio bits drita my homegirl by jenny lombard, g. Told in alternating points of view, drita, my homegirl deftly brings two cultures together, allowing the reader to see two girls handling the pressures of growing up under difficult circumstances. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. Fleeing wartorn kosovo, tenyearold drita and her family move to america with the dream of living a typical american. So when their teacher puts maxie and drita together for a class project, things get off to a rocky start. First, drita must move into a very small apartment and learn a new language, enroll in a school of many.
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Drita my homegirl available for download and read online in other formats. Even though she barely speaks english, drita cant wait to start. This story deals with the budding friendship between recent albanian refugee drita and maxie, an african american girl whos lost her mom. Drita and maxie learn and teach important lessons about perseverance, the. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading drita, my homegirl. Lombards debut novel unfolds through the firstperson narratives of two fourthgrade classmates with very different backgrounds. Thrown into the school environment of rival groups and peer discrimination, drita s lack of english, coupled with her. Drita and her family come to new york as refugees from wartorn kosovo. Pdf drita my homegirl download ebook full pdf download. Drita, 10, is a muslim albanian refugee from kosovo and a stranger in her fourthgrade classroom in brooklyn, new york.
When tenyearold 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. An unlikely friendship develops between recent albanian refugee drita and maxie, an africanamerican girl whos lost her mom. Drita and maxie learn and teach important lessons about perseverance, the power of kindness, and the importance of friendship. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full. Drita, my homegirl is a fun but touching tale of two very different girls, one lost in a strange new country and one brash city girl suffering the loss of her mother. The author does a good job of keeping the characters voices distinct as she switches back and forth between drita and maxies perspectives. A poignant story about the difficulties of leaving everything behind and the friendships that help you get through it. When tenyearold drita and her family, refugees from kosovo, move to new york, drita is teased about not speaking english well, but after a popular student. And when drita s mother gets sick, theres only one person who can help drita s new homegirl. Fleeing from wartorn kosovo, 10yearold drita and her family move to america with the dream of living a typical life. Drita is a wonderful main character who any reader can relate to if theyve ever had to face a new school. Slj explore classroom activities, puzzles, teacher resources and enrichment pdfs for this book. But her new classmates dont make it easy, teasing her about virtually everything.
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