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Front desk / Kelly Yang.

By: Publication details: New York : Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc., 2018.Edition: 1st edDescription: 286 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781338157796 (hc.)
Subject(s): 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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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
J Fiction Hanover Public Library Shelves JFIC YANG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001112086

Includes author's note with bibliographical references.

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.

Grades: 4-6. SLJ.

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