Kelly Yang
1) Front desk
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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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Front desk volume 2
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English
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ALSC Notable Children's Books 2021 (Gr. 3-5)
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Summer Reading List ALSC 2021 (Gr. 3-5)
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Summer Reading List ALSC 2021 (Gr. 3-5)
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"Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing! But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic."--Publisher
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Front desk volume 3
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English
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"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....
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When the coronavirus hits Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox Wei-Evanss mom makes the last-minute decision to move him and his siblings back to California, where they think they will be safe. Suddenly, Knox has two days to prepare for an international moveand for leaving his dad, who has to stay for work. At his new school in California, Knox struggles with being the new kid. His classmates think that because hes from Asia, he must have brought over the...
5) Parachutes
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English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Young Adults
Back to School - Young Adult
Immigrant Heritage Month - Young Adults
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Back to School - Young Adult
Immigrant Heritage Month - Young Adults
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A wealthy Chinese teen is sent to America on her own to attend private school. Claire is a rich 11th grader in Shanghai; Dani is a scholarship student at a private school in Southern California who helps her mother clean houses. When Claire is parachuted into America to finish high school and Dani's mother needs the income from a boarder, they become unlikely housemates.
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[2022]
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English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Young Adults
Back to School - Young Adult
Immigrant Heritage Month - Young Adults
Back to School - Young Adult
Immigrant Heritage Month - Young Adults
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Worlds apart in their high school hierarchy, Serene and Lian Chen find refuge in one another.
Serene dreams of making couture dresses even more stunning than her mom's, but for now she's an intern at her mom's fashion label. When her mom receives a sudden diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, all that changes. Serene has to take over her mother's business overnight, dealing with ruthless investors who do not think a seventeen-year-old can run a fashion...
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