Front desk

Resource Information

The work Front desk represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Syracuse Turkey Creek Township Public Library. 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

• Yang, Kelly,
• trueYang, Kelly

Author

• Yang, Kelly,

Subject

• Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction
• Self-confidence -- Fiction
• trueSelf-confidence
• trueRealistic fiction
• Motels -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction
• true1990s -- 1990 -- 1999
• trueCalifornia
• California, Southern -- Fiction
• California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction
• trueChild immigrants
• Chinese -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction
• Chinese Americans -- Fiction
• trueChinese in the United States
• trueExploitation
• Exploitation -- Juvenile 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
• Immigrants -- Fiction
• trueMotels
• trueImmigrants, Chinese
• trueTen-year-old girls
• trueSouthern California

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Fiction
• trueRealistic 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

Theme

• trueImmigrant experiences

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven
• trueIssue-oriented
• trueOwn voices

Tone

• trueThought-provoking
• trueMoving

Character

• trueCulturally diverse
• trueLikeable
• trueBelievable
• trueRelatable

Award

• Asian Pacific American Asian Pacific American Award for Literature: Children’s Literature, 2019.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2018.
• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2019

Cataloging source

NJQ/DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• 640
• 640L
• Decoding demand: 95 (very high)
• Semantic demand: 100 (very high)
• Syntactic demand: 91 (very high)
• Structure demand: 86 (very high)

Intended audience source

• Lexile
• Lexile
• Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.1.Y365

LC item number

Fr 2018

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640

Literary form

fiction

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

• 4
• 6

Target audience

pre adolescent