01509cam a2200397 4500 445663558 TxAuBib 20170811120000.0 050509s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2005013501 9780399243806 0399243801 DLC DLC WiMaMI TxAuBib Lombard, Jenny. Drita, my homegirl / by Jenny Lombard. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2006. 135 p. ; 22 cm. Booklist, May 2006. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), May 2006. Kirkus Review, January 2006. Publisher's Weekly, March 2006. School Library Journal Starred, March 2006. 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. 5.2. 5-8. AR, 3.9, 4.0. 20101115. Refugees Fiction. Emigration and immigration Fiction. Albanian Americans Fiction. Family life New York (State) New York Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Schools Fiction. School stories. New York (N.Y) Fiction.