Yang, Kelly,
Front desk / Kelly Yang. - First edition. - 286 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes 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.
9781338157796 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1338157795 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781338157826 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1338157825 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2017042552
Immigrant families--California, Southern--Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants--California, Southern--Juvenile fiction.
Chinese--California, Southern--Juvenile fiction.
Motels--California, Southern--Juvenile fiction.
Exploitation--Juvenile fiction.
Self-confidence--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Chinese Americans--Fiction.
Hotels, motels, etc.--Fiction.
Self-confidence--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
California, Southern--Juvenile fiction.
California, Southern--Fiction.
PZ7.1.Y365 / Fr 2018
[Fic]
Front desk / Kelly Yang. - First edition. - 286 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes 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.
9781338157796 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1338157795 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781338157826 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1338157825 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2017042552
Immigrant families--California, Southern--Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants--California, Southern--Juvenile fiction.
Chinese--California, Southern--Juvenile fiction.
Motels--California, Southern--Juvenile fiction.
Exploitation--Juvenile fiction.
Self-confidence--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Chinese Americans--Fiction.
Hotels, motels, etc.--Fiction.
Self-confidence--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
California, Southern--Juvenile fiction.
California, Southern--Fiction.
PZ7.1.Y365 / Fr 2018
[Fic]