Lombard, Jenny.

Drita, my homegirl / by Jenny Lombard. - New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2006. - 135 p. ; 22 cm.

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.

ISBN: 0399243801 0439020069

LCCN: 2005013501

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Refugees--Fiction.
Emigration and immigration--Fiction.
Albanian Americans--Fiction.
Family life--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.L83315 / Dri 2006

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]