Campus Elementary Media Center: Drita, My Homegirl
I was first interested in this book because of the colorful front cover and summary on the back cover. The story interested me, since I know people who have come from war-torn areas similar to Drita's home of Kosovo. I'm often impressed by the insights the author, Jenny Lombard, has into kids' behavior, thinking, and motivations.
The struggles of both of the girls in this story, from whose perspectives the narrative switches back and forth each chapter, are related in very touching and understated ways. Drita's mother struggles with what seems like traumatic stress and depression. Maxie's mother is deceased, and she struggles with her father's dating other women.
I haven't read all the way through, and I don't want to give too much away, but this is a great book about an unlikely friendship between two girls who turn out to have more in common than they realized. I would recommend it to anyone who likes a believable story about friendship and cross-cultural engagement.
~ Dennis De Boer
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