Drita,+My+Homegirl


 * Drita My Homegirl by: Jenny Lombard**

=Realistic Fiction=

=Nominated by: Emery McGraw=

==Drita is a girl that has just immigrated from Kosovo to New York, a totally different place. Drita's family isn't very rich and her mother is very homesick. Drita wishes she could just move back, but the war is still going on and it's not safe. When Drita starts school she meets this girl named Maxie. Drita and Maxie are total opposites. Maxie gets in trouble a lot and her friends are mean and selfish. Maxie makes fun of Drita and doesn't like her. But then Maxie is chosen to be Social Studies partners with Drita and everything changes. Maxie sacrifices her best friend for Drita and Drita's mom has to go to the hospital! Will Drita's mom be okay? And will Maxie and Drita ever be friends?==

==I nominated this book because it gave me so many good questions that the only way to answer them was to read on. It's an incredible book that you can't take your eyes off till you finish it. My favorite part about this book is that every chapter it switches the perspective from Drita to Maxie. I like it like that because you can see what both of them are thinking and why. If you like books where there's many questions, emotion and action well "Drita, my homegirl" might be a perfect match.==