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.
year: 2006, 2008
call number/section: 1000
subjects: refugees, fiction, emigration and immigration, albanian americans, family life, friendship, new york (n.y.), fiction, juvenile fiction, families, juvenile fiction, new york, schools
Editions
Lombard, Jenny
G. P. Putnam's Sons (2006)
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.
Schools: 23
Lombard, Jenny
Puffin Books (2008)
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.
Schools: 9
Lombard, Jenny
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.
Schools: 11