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Series
Front desk volume 2
Language
English
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian Pacific Heritage Month
JEF - Asian Pacific Islander Authors (Chapter Books)
JEF - Asian Pacific Islander Authors (Chapter Books)
Description
Mia Tang's sixth grade year complicated by a hard-to-please teacher, financial setbacks at her parents' motel, and a looming immigration law that threatens to derail her entire life.
2) Front desk
Author
Series
Language
English
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian Pacific Heritage Month
JEF - Asian Pacific Islander Authors (Chapter Books)
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
JEF - Asian Pacific Islander Authors (Chapter Books)
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Description
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...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"After years of hard work, Mia Tang finally gets to go on vacation with her family--to China! A total dream come true. Mia can't wait to see all her cousins and grandparents again, especially her cousin Shen. As she roams around Beijing, witnessing some of the big changes China's going through, Mia thinks about the changes in her own life, like . . . 1. Lupe's taking classes at the high school! And Mia's own plans to be a big writer are . . . stuck....
4) Key player
Author
Series
Front desk novel volume 4
Language
English
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Description
"Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang! The Women's World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy -- especially Mia Tang! The U.S. is playing China in the finals, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming together. Less exciting, though? The fact that her P.E. teacher wants Mia to get out of the soccer field, too -- or fall short of the grade...
5) Top story
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Mia Tang is at the top of her game! She's spending winter break with Mom, Lupe, Jason, and Hank in San Francisco's Chinatown! Rich with history and hilarious aunties and uncles, it's the place to find a great story--one she hopes to publish while attending journalism camp at the Tribune. But this trip has as many bumps as the hills of San Francisco... 1. Mia's camp is full of older kids, with famous relatives, fancy laptops, and major connections!...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1991. Mona Hasan is a young Muslim girl growing up in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The first Gulf War has broken out close by, but it isn't what she expects -- "We didn't even get any days off school! Just my luck." However, the event sparks major change in her life, as her family moves from big-city Dubai in the UAE to small-town Darmouth on the east coast of Canada."--Book jacket flap
"Mona learns to find her voice over the...
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