Even though she barely speaks english, drita cant wait to start. There were nine languages besides english spoken by my students. An unlikely friendship develops between recent albanian refugee drita and maxie, an africanamerican girl whos lost her mom. A poignant story about the difficulties of leaving everything behind and the friendships that help you get through it. Drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard, paperback barnes. Interest level, reading level, reading az, atos, word count. Drita, my homegirl printables, classroom activities, teacher. Browse drita is my homegirl resources on teachers pay teachers. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the drita my homegirl, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Susan oliver, school library journal for her debut novel, lombard has created two strong and distinct characters, sensitively explores. I would give this book to girls who struggle to make friends.
The paperback of the drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard at barnes. Drita, a fourth grader who has just arrived in new york from kosovo, is eager to make friends at her new school. As a public school teacher in new york city, i teach children from many different cultures. Drita, my homegirl is an amazing albeit short book and a great story of friendship and school life. The worst is maxie, a tough africanamerican girl whose sassy. Loving and levelheaded grandmothers act as surrogates. But with this hope comes the struggle to adapt and fit in. Read it aloud to groups and let the conversations begin. Drita, my homegirl is a fun but touching tale of two very different girls, one lost in a strange new country and one brash city girl suffering the loss of her mother. Slj explore classroom activities, puzzles, teacher resources and enrichment pdfs for this book. Finally, for a searchable collection of thematic leveled reading passages, click here. Drita my homegirl shows a friendship that is unlikely and challenging, but still very fulfilling for.
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. But her new classmates dont make it easy, teasing her about virtually everything. Drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard published by penguin group more a tale of the power of love than of refugees, this first novel is imbued with the language and customs of kosova as well as the efforts of a family attempting to regain balance. 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. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full. A poignant story about the difficulties of leaving everything b. Drita and her family come to new york as refugees from wartorn kosovo. Even though she barely speaks english, drita cant wait to start school and make a new best friend. Drita my homegirl by jenny lombard drita is a tenyearold girl who.
Fleeing from wartorn kosovo, 10yearold drita and her family move to. Drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard scholastic teacher store. The author does a good job of keeping the characters voices distinct as she switches back and forth between drita and maxies perspectives. Drita, my homegirl printables, classroom activities.