Front Desk /
Yang, Kelly, 1984- , author.
Front Desk / Kelly Yang. - New York : Scholastic, 2019, c2018. - 286 pages ; 19 cm - Front Desk ; 1 .
Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason.
Middle grade.
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Children's Literature, 2019
9781338157826
2017042552
Immigrant families--California, Southern--Fiction.
Immigrants--California, Southern--Fiction.
Chinese--California, Southern--Fiction.
Motels--California, Southern--Fiction.
Exploitation--Fiction.
Self-confidence--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Chinese Americans--Fiction.
California, Southern--Fiction.
FICTION / General.
FIC YAN
Front Desk / Kelly Yang. - New York : Scholastic, 2019, c2018. - 286 pages ; 19 cm - Front Desk ; 1 .
Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason.
Middle grade.
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Children's Literature, 2019
9781338157826
2017042552
Immigrant families--California, Southern--Fiction.
Immigrants--California, Southern--Fiction.
Chinese--California, Southern--Fiction.
Motels--California, Southern--Fiction.
Exploitation--Fiction.
Self-confidence--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Chinese Americans--Fiction.
California, Southern--Fiction.
FICTION / General.
FIC YAN