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Drita, my homegirl
Title:
Drita, my homegirl
Author:
Lombard, Jenny.
Personal Author:
Lombard, Jenny.
Publication Information:
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2006]

©2006
Physical Description:
135 pages ; 22 cm
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 Maxie is forced to learn about Kosovo as a punishment for teasing Drita, the two girls soon bond.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
690 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.9 4.0 105850.

Reading Counts RC 3-5 3.7 7 Quiz: 38870 Guided reading level: Q.
Subject Term:
Refugees -- Juvenile fiction.

Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction.

Albanian Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

Family life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Geographic Term:
New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction.
ISBN:
9780399243806
Format :
Book

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