Front desk

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The work Front desk represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Coweta Public Library System. 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
• Self-confidence -- Fiction
• trueSelf-confidence
• Motels -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction
• trueMotels
• trueAsian people
• trueCalifornia
• California, Southern -- Fiction
• California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction
• trueChild immigrants
• Chinese -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction
• Chinese Americans -- Fiction
• trueChinese in the United States
• trueChinese people
• trueChinese people in the United States
• trueEast Asian people
• trueExploitation
• Exploitation -- Juvenile fiction
• Fiction
• trueFifth-grade girls
• trueFriendship
• Friendship -- Fiction
• Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
• Hotels, motels, etc. -- Fiction
• trueImmigrant families
• Immigrant families -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction
• Immigrants -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction
• trueImmigrants, Chinese
• Immigrants -- Fiction
• trueTen-year-old girls

Genre

• Fiction
• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

Summary

"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

Member of

• trueFront desk

Storyline

• trueIssue-oriented
• trueOwn voices
• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueMoving
• trueThought-provoking

Character

• trueCulturally diverse
• trueRelatable
• trueBelievable
• trueLikeable

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

Awards note

• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2018
• Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018
• School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018

Cataloging source

NJQ/DLC

Dewey number

813/.6

Index

no index present

Intended audience

640

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

• PZ7.1.Y365
• PS3625.A54

LC item number

• Fr 2018
• F76 2018

Literary form

fiction

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

• 4
• 6

Nature of contents

bibliography

Reading level

4.5.

Series statement

Front desk

Series volume

0001

Study program name

Accelerated Reader

Target audience

juvenile