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Front desk / Kelly Yang.

Nā: Momo rauemi: TextTextKaiwhakaputa: New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc., 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionWhakaahuatanga: 286, 12 unnumbered pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781338157796
  • 1338157795
  • 9781760650469
Ngā marau: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Front desk.DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.1.Y365 Fr 2018
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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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.

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