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020 $a9781338157826$q(pbk.) :$cUSD7.99
040 $aNJQ/DLC$beng$cNJQ$dDLC$dTWTNM
082 04$a813.6$223
100 1 $aYang, Kelly.
245 10$aFront desk /$cKelly Yang.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bArthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc.,$c[2019]
300 $a286 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $aRecent 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.
521 1 $aAges 9-13.
650 0$aImmigrant families$zCalifornia, Southern$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0$aImmigrants$zCalifornia, Southern$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0$aChinese$zCalifornia, Southern$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0$aMotels$zCalifornia, Southern$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0$aExploitation$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0$aFriendship$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0$aSelf-confidence$vJuvenile fiction.
651 0$aCalifornia, Southern$vJuvenile fiction.