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A carregar... Drita, My Homegirl (edição 2008)por Jenny Lombard (Autor)
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Drita is a refugee from war-torn Kosovo, newly arrive in New York City. Maxie is a popular girl with a bit of an attitude. In this short book with chapters alternating from first-person Drita to first-person Maxie, these two unlikely girls become the closest of friends. We also spend time with each family. Maxie, who lives with her father and grandmother, her mother having been killed in a car accident a few years prior, and Drita, whose father struggles to support his family driving a cab, while his engineering degree seems useless in the US, her grandmother, and her mother, who is not handling the transition to a new country well at all. It's a beautiful story of friendship and families. This book tackles a whole bunch of subjects: grieving, refugeeism, immigration, bullying, friendship, and more. I am pleased to find that while the book reviewer side of me acknowledges this, the reader in me didn't pay any attention to anything except for the delightful and touching and heartwarming story. Drita and her family are newly arrived refugees to New York City from Kosovo. Drita is happy to be in America but despite her efforts isn't fully welcomed by the other kids at school. Maxie is a black girl in her class who wants to be a comedian someday although right now her irresponsible humor mostly gets her in trouble. Despite the language and cultural differences the two become unlikely friends when a teacher assigns Maxie to do her social studies project on Kosovo and interview Drita. Concerns at home occupy them as well. Drita's mother has sunk into a deep depression and Maxie, still grieving her late mother, is unwilling to accept her father's new female friend. An upbeat, readable story with genuine dialog. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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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. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Minuses -- I did find it a little slow to get into. It's 135 pages, but I feel like most of the action happens in the last 3rd of the book, so there's a little patience required to engage. ( )