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Front desk / Kelly Yang.

Yang, Kelly, (author.).

Summary:

"Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, Mr. Yao, finds out they've been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed. Number 3: She wants to be a writer. But how can she when her mom thinks she should stick to math because English is not her first language? It will take all of Mia's courage, kindness, and hard work to get through this year. Will she be able to hold on to her job, help the immigrants and guests, escape Mr. Yao, and go for her dreams?" -- Page 2 of cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781338157796
  • ISBN: 1338157795
  • ISBN: 9781338157826
  • ISBN: 1338157825
  • Physical Description: 286 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc., 2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes Author's note with bibliographical references and images.
Target Audience Note:
Structure indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 100 (very high) Semantic indicator: 100 (very high) Decoding indicator: 100 (very high) Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:
Lexile 640L.
Accelerated Reader MG 4.5 9.0.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection.
ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019
Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature, 2019
Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2018
Chicago Public Library Best Fiction for Older Readers, 2018
CSMCL Best Books, 2018
Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018
New York Public Library Best Books for Kids, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2019
NPR Best Books, 2018
Publisher's Weekly Best Middle Grade Book, 2018
School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018
Washington Post Best Children’s Books, 2018

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Available copies

  • 2 of 3 copies available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries. (Show)
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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Upper Skagit Library.

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Kelly Yang is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several books for young readers, including Three Keys, Room to Dream, Key Player, and the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature winner Front Desk, which was also chosen as a Best Book of the Year by multiple publications, including NPR, The Washington Post, and the New York Public Library. Kelly's family immigrated to the United States from China when she was a young girl, and she grew up in California, in circumstances very similar to those of Mia Tang. After attending college at the age of 13, she graduated UC Berkeley and Harvard Law School. She is the founder of The Kelly Yang Project, a leading writing and debating program for children in Asia and the United States. Her writing has been published in South China Morning Post,The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic. To learn more about Kelly and the Front Desk series, visit frontdeskthebook.com.

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