Front desk

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The work Front desk represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Front desk

Statement of responsibility

Kelly Yang

Creator

• trueYang, Kelly

Author

• trueYang, Kelly

Subject

• trueSouthern California
• Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction
• trueSelf-confidence
• Motels -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction
• trueMotels
• Large print books
• trueAsian people
• trueCalifornia
• California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction
• trueChild immigrants
• Chinese -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction
• Chinese Americans -- Juvenile fiction
• trueChinese people
• trueChinese people in the United States
• trueEast Asian people
• trueExploitation
• Exploitation -- Juvenile fiction
• trueFifth-grade girls
• trueFriendship
• Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
• trueImmigrant families
• Immigrant families -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction
• Immigrants -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction
• trueImmigrants, Chinese
• Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction
• trueTen-year-old girls

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Large print books

Language

eng

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

Member of

• trueFront desk

Storyline

• trueIssue-oriented
• trueOwn voices
• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueMoving
• trueThought-provoking

Character

• trueLikeable
• trueAsian
• trueRelatable
• trueBelievable

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2019
• Asian Pacific American Asian Pacific American Award for Literature: Children’s Literature, 2020.
• Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Maryland), Grades 4-6, 2020.
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2018.
• Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan), Grades 6-8, 2020.
• Massachusetts Children's Book Award, 2021.
• Nene Award (Hawaii), 2021.
• North Carolina Children's Book Award, Junior Books category, 2020.
• Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (Illinois), 2021.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2018.
• Sequoyah Book Awards (Oklahoma), Intermediate Books, 2020.
• Virginia Readers' Choice Award for Elementary School, 2020.
• Sasquatch Book Award (Washington), 2021

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

640L

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

MG

LC call number

PZ7.1.Y365

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 6

Reading level

4.5

Series statement

Front desk novel

Series volume

0001

Study program name

Accelerated Reader

Target audience

juvenile