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Front desk

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, Mi...

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Main Author: Yang, Kelly (Author)
Other Authors: Lu, Sunny (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: New York, New York : Listening Library, [2018]
Edition: Unabridged.
Series: Front desk novel ; 1.
Subjects:
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 > Juvenile fiction.
Chinese Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Hotels, motels, etc. > Juvenile fiction.
California, Southern > Juvenile fiction.
Children's audiobooks.
Online Access: Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here.
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.
Item Description: Title from disc label.
Compact discs.
Physical Description: 6 audio discs (6 hr., 31 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time: 06:31:00
Audience: 8-12 years.
3-7.
ISBN: 9781984846099
1984846094
Author Notes: Kelly Yang's family immigrated to the United States from China when she was a young girl, and she grew up in California, in circumstances very similar to those of Mia Tang. She eventually left the motels and went to college at the age of 13, and is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Harvard Law School. Upon graduation, she gave up law to pursue her dream of writing and teaching kids writing. She is the founder of The Kelly Yang Project, a leading writing and debating program for children in Asia and the United States. She is also a columnist for the South China Morning Post and has been published in the New York Times , Washington Post , and the Atlantic . Kelly is the mother of three children and splits her time between Hong Kong and San Francisco. Please find her online at:



www.kellyyang.com

Twitter: @kellyyanghk

Youtube: www.youtube.com/kellyyangproject

Instagram: kellyyanghk

Facebook: www .facebook.com/kellyyangproject

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