Drita, my homegirl kindle edition by jenny lombard. Drita is a wonderful main character who any reader can relate to if theyve ever had to face a new school. Navy general library program downloadable books, music. 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.
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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, the two girls soon bond. Drita, my homegirl an unlikely friendship blossoms between maxie, a popular fourth grader, and the new kid in class, drita, whose family has fled the war in kosovo. About the book of the month parentfamily discussion guide. Maxies teacher charges her with interviewing drita about her story and the girls find common ground. Drita and her family come to new york as refugees from wartorn kosovo. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. How can drita find her place at school and in her new neighborhood when she doesn. Drita my homegirl by teaching tresures teachers pay teachers. Reading for understanding in in a few urban elementary schools, indepth, literaturebased discussions are taking place under the junior great books. Drita, 10, is a muslim albanian refugee from kosovo and a stranger in her fourthgrade classroom in brooklyn, new york. Eva zimmermann is eight years old, and she has just discovered she is jewish. Read drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard available from rakuten kobo.
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Jenny lombard was not shy when choosing a topic for drita my homegirl. 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 shows a friendship that is unlikely and challenging, but still very fulfilling for both girls. Your internet archive email address will be used to login to the bookshare system. As known, reading a drita, my homegirl pdf epub is a muchpleasured activity done during the spare time. Barbara park is best known as the author of the wildly popular new york times bestselling junie b. Drita, my homegirl a poignant story about the difficulties of leaving everything behind and the friendships that help you get through it. Fleeing wartorn kosovo, tenyearold drita and her family move to america with the dream of living a typical american life. On, edit images, videos and 360 photos in one place.
She leaves moscow and returns to her native new york city to househunt for the perfect spot while her dutch husband, john, stays behind in russia with their dog. My free ebook offers the very best in public domain ebooks, always free. Jones books have been translated into multiple languages and are a timehonored staple in elementary school classrooms around the world. The worst is maxie, a tough africanamerican girl whose sassy.
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