Front Desk /
Series: Front Desk ; . 1 Published by : Scholastic, (New York :) Physical details: 286 pages ; 19 cm ISBN:9781338157826.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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W. Ross Macdonald School Library Fiction | FIC YAN (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Copy#1 | Available | 2022-0301 |
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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