Drita My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard
At some point in our lives we either have to leave some one behind or someone else moves on with out us. In this story Drita has come to America to escape a war torn Kosovo. She knows no english and struggles a great deal to adapt to everything. It doesn't help when the popular girls in the fourth grade have made it a point of theirs to ignore Drita. It is not until one of these girls named Maxie and Drita are partnered for a project that things begin to change. WIth a rough start and all it really does make fr a great friendship to bloom. This book is well written with each chapter being a couple pages long but from either Drita or Maxies point of view. With the story going back and forth between the two, it is a great read for third and up.
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