Yang, Kelly,

Front desk / Kelly Yang. - First edition. - New York : Scholastic , c2018. - 286, 12 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm.

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.

ISBN: 9781338541649

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Immigrant families
Immigrants
Chinese
Motels
Exploitation
Self-confidence
Friendship

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]