Title: Drita, my homegirl
First published: 2006
Description: A poignant story about the difficulties of leavingeverything behind and the friendships that help you getthrough it Fleeing war-torn Kosovo, ten-year-old Drita and herfamily move to America with the dream of living atypical American life. But with this hope comes thestruggle to adapt and fit in. How can Drita find herplace at school and in her new neighborhood whenshe doesn't speak any English? Meanwhile, Maxieand her group of fourth-grade friends are popularin their class, and make an effort to ignore Drita. Sowhen their teacher puts Maxie and Drita togetherfor a class project, things get off to a rocky start. Butsometimes, when you least expect it, friendship canbloom and overcome even a vast cultural divide.
Subjects: Families, Refugees, Juvenile fiction, Albanian Americans, Family life, Schools, Emigration and immigration, Fiction, Friendship, Juvenile Fiction, School stories, Immigration and emigration, 1000blackgirlbooks, Children's fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Refugees, fiction, African americans, fiction, Schools, fiction, Emigration and immigration, fiction, Family life, fiction, Friendship, fiction
Places: New York (State), New York (N.Y.), New York
LC classification: PZ7.L83315 Dri 2006