Celebrate love with this rhyming picture book featuring enchanting. Fleeing from wartorn kosovo, 10yearold drita and her family move to america with the dream of living a typical life. Escaping the horror of war, persecution and destruction of their albanian life, drita and her family emigrate from kosovo to new york city. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Susan oliver, school library journal for her debut novel, lombard has created two strong and distinct characters, sensitively explores. Drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard scholastic teacher store. In this short book with chapters alternating from firstperson drita to firstperson maxie, these. Mar 10, 2016 how to grow roses from cuttings fast and easy rooting rose cuttings with a 2 liter soda bottle duration. Prior to writing, she worked as a screenwriter for comedy central and developed an original series for nickelodeon.
This is jenny lombards first novel, though she has written a nonfiction book for adults and several plays and tv treatments. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Maxie is african american, one of the incrowd that wants nothing to do with the newcomeruntil her social studies teacher charges her with interviewing drita about her story. It is about a girl named drita and a girl named maxie. Fiction fleeing from wartorn kosovo, 10yearold drita and her family move to america with the dream of living a typical life. As a public school teacher in new york city, i teach children from many different cultures. A poignant story about the difficulties of leaving everything b. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. As each chapter went by, the girls grew closer to each other. Jenny lombard was not shy when choosing a topic for drita my homegirl. Jul 18, 20 i would give this book to girls who struggle to make friends.
So when their teacher puts maxie and drita together for a class project, things get off to a rocky start. Drita, a refugee from kosova, must live in a new country. Drita has just arrived in new york city from a devastated kosovo and is worried about her depressed mother. She lives in new york city with her husband, son, and two cats. I had started this book thinking id buy it for my niece. With a divorced or widowed parent with a newlyminted or. Drita my homegirl by jenny lombard drita is a tenyearold girl who moved to the united states to escape wartorn kosovo. Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. Jenny lombard is the author of drita, my homegirl 3. Drita, a fourth grader who has just arrived in new york from kosovo, is eager to make friends at her new school. Some of my students were albanian, and at that time the. But her new classmates dont make it easy, teasing her about virtually everything.
Even though she barely speaks english, drita cant wait to start school and make a new best friend. I enjoyed how this book alternates chapters of each girls point of view. Dec 18, 20 after reading the book drita my homegirl by jenny lombard, the students created this book trailer to get other students more interested in reading the book. Read drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard available from rakuten kobo. Drita, my homegirl kindle edition by jenny lombard. A sensitively written story of two worlds coming together, drita, my homegirl touchingly explores the effects of war on a family and. Aug 21, 2014 drita, my homegirl paperback 21 aug 2014. Drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard, paperback barnes. Drita and her family come to new york as refugees from wartorn kosovo.
She created two girl characters fraught with challenges, and that leaves a lot to be. See all 14 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. It is a beautiful and relevant book which deals with what it means to be a human being. She is a public school teacher in new york city and says that she got the idea for dritas and maxies story when she realized that there were nine languages other than english spoken in. Jenny lombards book drita my homegirl is an emotional and educational book about discrimination. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. She is a public school teacher in new york city and says that she got the idea for drita s and maxies story when she realized that there were nine languages other than english spoken in her classroom. Drita my homegirl available for download and read online in other formats. Your contribution will help us to provide free books and literacy resources to children across the nation. Drita, my homegirl kindle edition by lombard, jenny. How can drita find her place at school and in her new neighborhood when she doesn. And when dritas mother gets sick, theres only one person who can helpdritas new homegirl.
Drita, my homegirl book by jenny lombard 2 available. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading drita. Thrown into the school environment of rival groups and peer discrimination, drita s lack of english, coupled with her. Putnams sons edition, in english drita, my homegirl 2006 edition open library. Several of her plays have been produced offbroadway. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
An unlikely friendship develops between recent albanian refugee drita and maxie, an africanamerican girl whos lost her mom. May 15, 2008 drita, my homegirl paperback may 15 2008. Jenny lombard jenny lombard is a teacher, author and playwright. Drita my homegirl novel unit by french english and. It is a story about an immigrant girl, who comes to nyc from war torn kosovo, to find a whole new set of life obstacles as she and her family adjust to the new life. A sensitively written story of two worlds coming together, drita, my homegirl touchingly explores the effects of war on a family and how friendship sometimes appears in the unlikeliest places.
Unwrap a complete list of books by jenny lombard and find books available for swap. 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. Thrown into the school environment of rival groups and peer discrimination, dritas lack of english, coupled with her. In this sweet and engrossing first novel, jenny lombard draws on her background as a public school teacher to fashion an urban multiethnic racial story that. Drita, my homegirl printables, classroom activities, teacher. Pdf drita my homegirl download ebook full pdf download. An unlikely friendship develops between recent albanian refugee drita and maxie, an africanamerican girl whos lost her. 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. I would give this book to girls who struggle to make friends. Lombards debut novel unfolds through the firstperson narratives of two fourth grade classmates with very different backgrounds. On the last page of this book, there is one sentence that caught my attention. After reading the book drita my homegirl by jenny lombard, the students created this book trailer to get other students more interested in reading the book. She and her family are forced to flee their home country with only the clothes on their backs and face many challenges and difficulties while settling in new york city.
Maxie is african american, one of the incrowd that wants nothing to do with the newcomeruntil her social studies teacher charges her with interviewing drita. Drita my homegirl by jenny lombard book trailer youtube. Click to read more about drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard. This is an original novel guide for drita, my homegirl by jenny lombard. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read drita, my homegirl. How can drita find her place at school and in her new neighborhood when she doesnt speak any english. Drita is a refugee from wartorn kosovo, newly arrive in new york city. Two girls from different worlds and cultures come together in this deft representation of immigration and multicultural friendship. But with this hope comes the struggle to fit in and adapt, in a poignant story about the friendships that can overcome a cultural divide. Drita my homegirl shows a friendship that is unlikely and challenging, but still very fulfilling for both girls.
There were nine languages besides english spoken by my students. But with this hope comes the struggle to adapt and fit in. Drita, my homegirl paperback may 15, 2008 by jenny lombard author visit amazons jenny lombard page. Drita, my homegirl ebook by jenny lombard rakuten kobo. Buy a cheap copy of drita, my homegirl book by jenny lombard. In this short book with chapters alternating from firstperson drita to firstperson maxie, these two unlikely girls become the closest of friends. Club lists my book lists my watched lists create a list. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. This is jenny lombard s first novel, though she has written a nonfiction book for adults and several plays and tv treatments. Jenny lombard 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. Drita, 10, is a muslim albanian refugee from kosovo and a stranger in her fourthgrade classroom in brooklyn, new york. Fleeing wartorn kosovo, tenyearold drita and her family move to america with the dream of living a typical american life. Meanwhile, maxie and her group of fourthgrade friends are popular in their class, and make an effort to ignore drita. Drita, my homegirl printables, classroom activities.
Drita, my homegirl has 2 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. This story deals with the budding friendship between recent albanian refugee drita and maxie, an african american girl whos lost her mom. Where did jenny get the idea for drita, my homegirl. 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. Jenny lombard s book drita my homegirl is an emotional and educational book about discrimination. How to grow roses from cuttings fast and easy rooting rose cuttings with a 2 liter soda bottle duration. As a writer, she has had numerous plays produced offoffbroadway, developed an original series for nickelodeon, and published a humorous dating book how to stay single forever, warner books, 1997. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading drita, my homegirl. The first fiction novel by jenny lombard is a book you will read from start to finish.