Drita, My Homegirl
Publisher
Puffin Books
Publication Year
2008
ISBN
9780756989194
Pages
135 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
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.
Grade Level
3-5
Lexile Measure
630L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Culture/Ethnicity; Disability and Health; Single parent; Immigrants and refugees; Mental illness; single father; refugee family; refugee child; depression; depressed adult
Main Character
female children
Race/Ethnicities
Black / White (Albanian)
Family Formation
mother, father, and grandmother; father and grandmother
Awards
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2007 Ages (9 to 12)
Children's Catalog, Nineteenth Edition, Supplement, 2007
School Library Journal Book Review Stars
School Library Journal Book Review Stars, 2006
Keywords
war; Kosovo; Kosovo War; New York City; elementary school; school assignment; friendship; differences; Muslim; Islam
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Lombard, Jenny Lombard, "Drita, My Homegirl" (2008). Diverse Families. 1975.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1975