But her new classmates dont make it easy, teasing her about virtually everything. Fleeing wartorn kosovo, tenyearold drita and her family move to america with the dream of living a typical american. Thrown into the school environment of rival groups and peer discrimination, drita s lack of english, coupled with her. A poignant story about the difficulties of leaving everything behind and the friendships that help you get through it. See all 14 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Prior to writing, she worked as a screenwriter for comedy central and developed an original series for nickelodeon. 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. Susan oliver, school library journal for her debut novel, lombard has created two strong and distinct characters, sensitively explores. 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. Drita is a wonderful main character who any reader can relate to if theyve ever had to face a new school. Drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard published by penguin group. How can drita find her place at school and in her new neighborhood when she doesn. 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. Slj explore classroom activities, puzzles, teacher resources and enrichment pdfs for this book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Drita, a fourth grader who has just arrived in new york from kosovo, is eager to make friends at her new school. The trouble with chickens judy moody little house in the big woods lizards the mouse and the motorcycle. Drita, my homegirl ebook by jenny lombard rakuten kobo. Dritas which is written in annoyingly stilted english, e. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. Drita and her family come to new york as refugees from war torn kosovo. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full. 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 by jenny lombard, paperback barnes.
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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. Drita, my homegirl george washingtons socks i survived the attacks of september 11, 2001 i survived the sinking of the titanic, 1912 j. Drita, my homegirl paperback may 15, 2008 by jenny lombard author visit amazons jenny lombard page. And when drita s mother gets sick, theres only one person who can help drita s new homegirl. Even though she barely speaks english, drita cant wait to start school and make a new best friend. Drita is a ten yearold refugee from kosovo who arrives in brooklyn with her family. Read drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard available from rakuten kobo. Jenny lombard jenny lombard is a teacher, author and playwright.
Drita my homegirl available for download and read online in other formats. Drita, 10, is a muslim albanian refugee from kosovo and a stranger in her fourthgrade classroom in brooklyn, new york. Sign me up for news about jenny lombard and more from penguin random house. An unlikely friendship develops between recent albanian refugee drita and maxie, an africanamerican girl whos lost her mom. 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. 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. Fleeing from wartorn kosovo, 10yearold drita and her family move to america with the dream of living a typical life. 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. Jenny lombard, author of drita, my homegirl, on librarything. This story deals with the budding friendship between recent albanian refugee drita and maxie, an african american girl whos lost her mom. 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. Drita, my homegirl book by jenny lombard 2 available. Read it aloud to groups and let the conversations begin. Drita has just arrived in new york city from a devastated kosov.
Drita, my homegirl paperback may 15 2008 by jenny lombard author 4. For drita, she hopes that america will be a wonderful, peaceful place but finds her classmates purposely ignoring her but maybe they just need to get to know her. Escaping the horror of war, persecution and destruction of their albanian life, drita and her family emigrate from kosovo to new york city. Fiction 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.
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Several of her plays have been produced offbroadway. Drita and her family come to new york as refugees from wartorn kosovo. More a tale of the power of love than of refugees, this first novel is imbued. Drita my homegirl by jenny lombarddrita is a tenyearold girl who. 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. How can drita find her place at school and in her new neighborhood when she doesnt speak any. Fleeing wartorn kosovo, tenyearold drita and her family move to america with the dream of living a typical american life.