Front desk /
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc., 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: 286 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeAudience: ChildrenISBN: 9781338157796 (hardcover : alk. paper); 1338157795 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9781338157826 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1338157825 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): 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 | Immigrants -- Fiction | Chinese Americans -- Fiction | Hotels, motels, etc. -- Fiction | Self-confidence -- Fiction | Friendship -- Fiction | Chinese | Exploitation | Friendship | Immigrant families | Immigrants | Motels | Self-confidence | JUVENILE FICTION / General | California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction | California, Southern -- FictionGenre/Form: Fiction. | Juvenile works. Additional physical formats: Online version:: Front deskDDC classification: [Fic] LOC classification: PZ7.1.Y365 | Fr 2018Summary: 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.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Books
|
Main Library Junior Fiction (JF) | JF .Y225 2018 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 32006 |
Browsing Main Library shelves, Shelving location: Junior Fiction (JF) Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
| JF .W966 2007 A thief in the house of memory / | JF .W988 2005 The boy in the burning house / | JF .Y15 2018 The raven's children / | JF .Y225 2018 Front desk / | JF .Z563 2011 Bats / | JF .Z77 2005 The pigman / | JF .Z83 2018 Pride / |
Includes 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.
3-7.
Lexile 640L.