Two girls from different worlds and cultures come together in this deft representation of immigration and multicultural friendship. Maxie is african american, one of the incrowd that wants nothing to do with the newcomeruntil her social studies. Recommended childrens books on bullying friendship issues. Drita, my homegirl paperback may 15, 2008 by jenny lombard author. Lombards debut novel unfolds through the firstperson narratives of two fourth grade classmates with very different backgrounds. Fleeing from wartorn kosovo, 10yearold drita and her family move to america with the dream of living a typical life. Scholastic home of childrens books bringing outstanding childrens books. She created two girl characters fraught with challenges, and that leaves a. Save hours of prep time with our online treasure trove of readytogo lessons, printables, and activities for every grade, subject, and skill level. Want to know what books your 3rd,4th, or 5th grade students can read on their.
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Lombards debut novel unfolds through the firstperson narratives of two fourthgrade classmates with very different backgrounds. Fictionfocused 2nd edition scholastic guided reading program. The worst is maxie, a tough africanamerican girl whose sassy. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading drita. They come every so often, think its maybe twice a year. Drita my homegirl by jenny lombarddrita is a tenyearold girl who. As part of world book day our school has one of those scholastic travelling book fair things in it this week. Richard allington, an expert in the field of reading education and research, summer reading is the key to maintaining and. Belonging, friendship, kindness, curiosity, confidence, courage, and hope help students become stronger independent readers and connect to texts in a new way. A handful of private schools are replacing scholastic with some upandcoming catholic book fairs. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Thrown into the school environment of rival groups and peer discrimination, dritas lack of english, coupled with her. Jenny lombard books, author biography, and reading.
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