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Front desk / Kelly Yang.

Yang, Kelly, (author.).

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  • ISBN: 1338157825
  • ISBN: 9781338157826
  • ISBN: 1338157795
  • ISBN: 9781338157796
  • ISBN: 9781338157796
  • ISBN: 1338157795
  • ISBN: 9781338157796
  • ISBN: 1338157795
  • ISBN: 9781338157826
  • ISBN: 1338157825
  • Physical Description: 286, 12 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc., 2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes Author's note with bibliographical references.
Summary, etc.:
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.
Awards Note:
Nutmeg Award Nominee, Intermediate, 2021.

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Subject: 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.
California, Southern > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants > Fiction.
Chinese Americans > Fiction.
Hotels, motels, etc. > Fiction.
Self-confidence > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
California, Southern > Fiction.

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  • 113 of 124 copies available at Bibliomation.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Brookfield Library J F/YANG (Text) 34029147236235 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Burnham Library - Bridgewater J FIC YANG (Text) 36937000616673 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport J YANG (Text) 34000081355455 Juvenile Fiction Available -
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown J FIC YAN (Text) 34014142331975 Juvenile Fiction Available -
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown J FIC YAN (Text)
NUTMEG NOMINEE: 2021
Series: Front Desk, 1
 34014147248158 Juvenile Fiction Available -
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown J FIC YAN (Text)
NUTMEG NOMINEE: 2021
Series: Front Desk, 1
 34014147248166 Juvenile Nutmeg Available -
Canterbury Elementary School FIC YAN (Text) 30787000090596 Realistic Fiction Available -
Canterbury Public Library J YANG (Text) 33190000441790 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Chester Public Library J YAN (Text) 33210000509378 Juvenile Fiction Available -
David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village jYAN (Text) 33180148102958 Juvenile Fiction Available -
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