Drita, my homegirl / by Jenny Lombard.
By: Lombard, Jenny.
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BookPublisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2006Description: 135 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0399243801.Subject(s): Refugees -- Fiction | Emigration and immigration -- Fiction | Albanian Americans -- Fiction | Family life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction | Friendship -- Fiction | Schools -- Fiction | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction | Refugees -- Fiction | Immigration and emigration -- Fiction | Albanian Americans -- Fiction | Family life -- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction | Friendship -- Fiction | School stories | New York (N.Y.) -- FictionDDC classification: [Fic] Summary: 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.
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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.
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