Front desk / Kelly Yang.
by Yang, Kelly [author.].
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BookPublisher: New York : Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc., 2018.Edition: First edition.Description: 286 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781338157796 (hardcover : alk. paper); 1338157795 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9781338157826 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1338157825 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): 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 -- FictionDDC classification: [Fic] 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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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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