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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 class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781338157796
- ISBN: 1338157795
- ISBN: 9781338157826
- ISBN: 1338157825
- ISBN: 9781338541649
- ISBN: 1338541641
- Physical Description: 286 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Edition: [First edition]
- Publisher: New York : Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc., [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Publisher, dates, and paging may vary. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes Author's note with bibliographical references and images. |
| Target Audience Note: | Grades 3-7. 640L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.5 9 196541. |
| Awards Note: | A Junior Library Guild selection. Children's Literature Award Winner. |
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| Genre: | Fiction. |
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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.
