Fleeing from wartorn kosovo, 10yearold drita and her family move to america with the dream of living a typical life. Drita is a refugee from wartorn kosovo, newly arrive in new york city. An unlikely friendship develops between recent albanian refugee drita and maxie, an africanamerican girl whos lost her mom. This story deals with the budding friendship between recent albanian refugee drita and maxie, an african american girl whos lost her mom. 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 available for download and read online in other formats. Maxie is african american, one of the incrowd that wants nothing to do with the newcomer until her social studies teacher charges her with interviewing drita about her story. See all 14 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Her father, an engineer, escaped over a year ago and has been driving a taxi so he could bring his family to the safety of the u. 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. Drita my homegirl by jenny lombarddrita is a tenyearold girl who. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Escaping the horror of war, persecution and destruction of their albanian life, drita and her family emigrate from kosovo to new york city.
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So when their teacher puts maxie and drita together for a class project, things get off to a rocky start. The author does a good job of keeping the characters voices distinct as she switches back and forth between drita. And when drita s mother gets sick, theres only one person who can help drita s new homegirl. Find books like drita, my homegirl from the worlds largest community of readers. Drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard, paperback barnes. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the drita my homegirl, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Drita and her family come to new york as refugees from war torn kosovo. Fiction fleeing from wartorn kosovo, 10yearold drita and her family move to america with the dream of living a typical life. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read.
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. Drita, my homegirl kindle edition by lombard, jenny. A poignant story about the difficulties of leaving everything behind and the friendships that help you get through it. Drita my homegirl by jenny lombard book trailer drita my homegirl im telling you about a little girl who comes to the united states for a better future. Drita, my homegirl book by jenny lombard 2 available. 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. Jenny lombard, author of drita, my homegirl, on librarything. The trouble with chickens judy moody little house in the big woods lizards the mouse and the motorcycle. 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. Drita, my homegirl paperback may 15, 2008 by jenny lombard author visit amazons jenny lombard page. But her new classmates dont make it easy, teasing her about virtually everything. Sign me up for news about jenny lombard and more from penguin random house. Slj explore classroom activities, puzzles, teacher resources and enrichment pdfs for this book.
The author does a good job of keeping the characters voices distinct as she switches back and forth between drita and maxies perspectives. Drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard published by penguin group more a tale of the power of love than of refugees, this first novel is imbued with the language and customs of kosova as well as the efforts of a family attempting to regain balance. How can drita find her place at school and in her new neighborhood when she doesn. The author of the anastasia books as well as more serious fiction rabble starkey, 1987 offers her. Fleeing wartorn kosovo, tenyearold drita and her family move to america with the dream of living a typical american life. Drita, my homegirl paperback may 15 2008 by jenny lombard author 4. Jenny lombard jenny lombard is a teacher, author and playwright. Drita, my homegirl is an amazing albeit short book and a great story of friendship and school life. Drita, my homegirl ebook by jenny lombard rakuten kobo. In this short book with chapters alternating from firstperson drita to firstperson maxie, these two unlikely girls become the closest of friends. Drita just wants to fit in and be liked by her peers, but things start out pretty lonely for her, with her limited english skills, strangesmelling lunches, and unfashionable clothes. 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. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Two girls from different worlds and cultures come together in this deft representation of immigration and multicultural friendship. Meanwhile, maxie and her group of fourthgrade friends are popular in their class, and make an effort to ignore drita. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Read drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard available from rakuten kobo. 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 maxie is forced to learn about kosovo as a punishment for teasing drita, the two girls soon bond. I had started this book thinking id buy it for my niece. Creative writing tips, more advice and lessons from stephen king duration. Drita is a ten yearold refugee from kosovo who arrives in brooklyn with her family. More a tale of the power of love than of refugees, this first novel is imbued. Drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard published by penguin group. Fleeing wartorn kosovo, tenyearold drita and her family move to america with the dream of living a typical american. Drita, 10, is a muslim albanian refugee from kosovo and a stranger in her fourthgrade classroom in brooklyn, new york.
Prior to writing, she worked as a screenwriter for comedy central and developed an original series for nickelodeon. Goodreads members who liked drita, my homegirl also liked. Dritas which is written in annoyingly stilted english, e. Even though she barely speaks english, drita cant wait to start. Susan oliver, school library journal for her debut novel, lombard has created two strong and distinct characters, sensitively explores. Several of her plays have been produced offbroadway. Thrown into the school environment of rival groups and peer discrimination, drita s lack of english, coupled with her. Read it aloud to groups and let the conversations begin. Take a look at drita my homegirl complete novel unit and the name jar literacy unit bundle 3 products in 1 huge bundlesummary of the book.
Drita has just arrived in new york city from a devastated kosov. Suddenly, maxie realizes she and drita have more in common than she thought. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full. But with this hope comes the struggle to adapt and fit in. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading drita, my homegirl. How can drita find her place at school and in her new neighborhood when she doesnt speak any. Even though she barely speaks english, drita cant wait to start school and make a new best friend.
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