A poignant story about the difficulties of leaving everything b. 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. Fleeing from wartorn kosovo, 10yearold drita and her family move to. Drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard, paperback barnes. 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. Finally, for a searchable collection of thematic leveled reading passages, click here. Drita, my homegirl printables, classroom activities, teacher. Even though she barely speaks english, drita cant wait to start. 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.
An unlikely friendship develops between recent albanian refugee drita and. Browse drita is my homegirl resources on teachers pay teachers. 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. Drita and her family come to new york as refugees from wartorn kosovo. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full. As a public school teacher in new york city, i teach children from many different cultures. Drita, a fourth grader who has just arrived in new york from kosovo, is eager to make friends at her new school. The paperback of the drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard at barnes. How can drita find her place at school and in her new neighborhood when she doesnt speak any.
Drita is a wonderful main character who any reader can relate to if theyve ever had to face a new school. Read it aloud to groups and let the conversations begin. The author does a good job of keeping the characters voices distinct as she switches back and forth between drita and maxies perspectives. The worst is maxie, a tough africanamerican girl whose sassy. Loving and levelheaded grandmothers act as surrogates. A poignant story about the difficulties of leaving everything behind and the friendships that help you get through it. But her new classmates dont make it easy, teasing her about virtually everything. I would give this book to girls who struggle to make friends. Fleeing wartorn kosovo, tenyearold drita and her family move to america with the dream of living a typical american life. Where did jenny get the idea for drita, my homegirl. Drita, my homegirl is an amazing albeit short book and a great story of friendship and school life. Drita my homegirl by jenny lombard drita is a tenyearold girl who. Drita my homegirl shows a friendship that is unlikely and challenging, but still very fulfilling for.
Slj explore classroom activities, puzzles, teacher resources and enrichment pdfs for this book. Drita, my homegirl printables, classroom activities. There were nine languages besides english spoken by my students. Drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard scholastic teacher store. Our booksource team is working remotely and available to answer questions, create price quotes and place book. An unlikely friendship develops between recent albanian refugee drita and maxie, an africanamerican girl whos lost her mom. But with this hope comes the struggle to adapt and fit in. 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. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Interest level, reading level, reading az, atos, word count. Even though she barely speaks english, drita cant wait to start school and make a new best friend. Susan oliver, school library journal for her debut novel, lombard has created two strong and distinct characters, sensitively explores.
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