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Front desk / Kelly Yang.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: New York : Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc., 2018Description: 286 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781338157796
  • 1338157795
  • 9781338541649
  • 978-1-33815-779-6
  • 978-1-33815-782-6
  • 978-1-43286-145-2
  • 978-1-72542-493-7
  • 978-1-72541-831-8
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • F YAN 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.1.Y365 Fr 2018
Summary: 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.
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School Library Journal starred, March 2018

Booklist starred, April 2018

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, May 2018

Kirkus Starred, March 2018

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.

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OBOB Elementary 2020-2021.

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