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New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc., 2018.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 286, 12 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
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.
Subjects:
Immigrant families -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction.
Chinese -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction.
Motels -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction.
Exploitation -- Juvenile fiction.
Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.
Chinese Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction.
Immigrant families -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction.
Chinese -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction.
Motels -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction.
Exploitation -- Juvenile fiction.
Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.
Chinese Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 640L
ISBN:
9781338157796
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Includes Author's note with bibliographical references.