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010 _a 2017042552
020 _a9781338157796
_q(trade)
020 _a1338157795
040 _aNJQ/DLC
_beng
_erda
_cNJQ
_dICrlF
042 _alcac
_apcc
043 _an-us-ca
050 0 0 _aPZ7.1.Y365
_bFr 2018
082 0 4 _aF YAN
_223
100 1 _aYang, Kelly,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aFront desk /
_cKelly Yang.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bArthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc.,
_c2018.
300 _a286 pages ;
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
510 3 _aSchool Library Journal starred, March 2018
510 3 _aBooklist starred, April 2018
510 3 _aBulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, May 2018
510 3 _aKirkus Starred, March 2018
520 _aRecent 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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
521 0 _a4.5.
650 0 _aImmigrants
_vJuvenile fiction.
650 0 _aChinese Americans
_vJuvenile fiction.
650 0 _aSelf-confidence
_vJuvenile fiction.
650 0 _aFriendship
_vJuvenile fiction.
651 0 _aCalifornia, Southern
_vJuvenile fiction.
650 1 _aImmigrants
_vFiction.
650 1 _aChinese Americans
_vFiction.
650 1 _aHotels, motels, etc.
_vFiction.
650 1 _aSelf-confidence
_vFiction.
650 1 _aFriendship
_vFiction.
651 1 _aCalifornia, Southern
_vFiction.
521 2 _a3-6.
035 _a(IMchF)fol18184100
521 8 _a640L
_bLexile.
020 _a9781338541649
500 _aOBOB Elementary 2020-2021.
020 _a978-1-33815-779-6
020 _a978-1-33815-782-6
020 _a978-1-43286-145-2
020 _a978-1-72542-493-7
020 _a978-1-72541-831-8
490 1 _aFront desk ;
_vbk. 1
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