W. Ross Macdonald School Library

Front Desk /

by Yang, Kelly, Series: Front Desk ; . 1 Published by : Scholastic, (New York :) Physical details: 286 pages ; 19 cm ISBN:9781338157826.
Subject(s): 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.
Year: 2018 Item type: Print
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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

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