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.
9781338541649
Immigrant families Immigrants Chinese Motels Exploitation Self-confidence Friendship