TY - BOOK AU - Yang,Kelly TI - Front desk T2 - Front desk SN - 9781338541649 AV - PZ7.1.Y365 Fr 2019 U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic Inc. KW - Immigrant families KW - California, Southern KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Immigrants KW - Chinese KW - Motels KW - Exploitation KW - Self-confidence KW - Friendship KW - Fiction KW - Chinese Americans KW - Hotels, motels, etc KW - Children's stories KW - lcgft KW - novels KW - aat KW - Novels KW - fast KW - Juvenile works KW - Romans KW - rvmgf N1 - Includes Author's note and discussion guide with bibliographical references and images; Structure indicator: 90 (high); Syntactic indicator: 100 (very high); Semantic indicator: 100 (very high); Decoding indicator: 100 (very high); Lexile; Lexile; Accelerated Reader N2 - "Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, Mr. Yao, finds out they've been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed. Number 3: She wants to be a writer. But how can she when her mom thinks she should stick to math because English is not her first language? It will take all of Mia's courage, kindness, and hard work to get through this year. Will she be able to hold on to her job, help the immigrants and guests, escape Mr. Yao, and go for her dreams?"--Page 2 of cover UR - https://fab.lexile.com/book/details/9781338157796/ UR - http://www.perma-bound.com/ws/image/cover/000160414/m ER -