Front Desk (Front Desk #1) (Scholastic Gold)

Kelly Yang

May 2018 · Sold by Scholastic Inc.

About this ebook

Inside Out and Back Again meets Millicent Min, Girl Genius in this timely, hopeful middle-grade novel with a contemporary Chinese twist.

Winner of the Asian / Pacific American Award for Children's Literature!* "Many readers will recognize themselves or their neighbors in these pages." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewMia 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?Front Desk joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!

Ratings and reviews

Amazing book!!! If I could rate it 10 stars i would! This book should be a required read for kids in middle school, its so realistic and personal. Now i wouldn't know how Mia felt beacause im not an immigrant, but my parents are. My dad is from a country in Africa called Guinea Bussau, and my mother was born in Cape Verde, an island, so they both know what it feels like to be growing up in poverty. Growing up as a mixed kid, i wondered why people could be so cruel, as to judge someone by the color of their skin, or where they were born. These questions have been in my mind for a long long time, and I still wonder about them. This wonderful book explores this sensitive topic and yet still brings humor and love and it has everything a good book should have. I have never read any of Kelly Yang's books and this is the first one i've read from her, and I have to say, I. LOVE. IT. To those who love suspense, a good thrill, but also humor and fun, this book is for you! Thank u Kelly Yang!

Front desk is the best book ever I love to you and I really want it I love the art of the book I wish that this book was mine library I really want to read this book is a cool work and I love it the person that made this book is really good at art it is so funny and I wish that my mom would buy this book for me 😘😘❤️

This book was excellent state of the art book if I was a guy who awards those books with all those Caldecott awards (which i know already has one) I would've gaven Front Desk a lot more medals. You should read this book have read it many times and have loved it

About the author

Kelly Yang is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several books for young readers, including Three Keys, Room to Dream, Key Player, and the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature winner Front Desk, which was also chosen as a Best Book of the Year by multiple publications, including NPR, The Washington Post, and the New York Public Library. Kelly's family immigrated to the United States from China when she was a young girl, and she grew up in California, in circumstances very similar to those of Mia Tang. After attending college at the age of 13, she graduated UC Berkeley and Harvard Law School. She is the founder of The Kelly Yang Project, a leading writing and debating program for children in Asia and the United States. Her writing has been published in South China Morning Post,The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic. To learn more about Kelly and the Front Desk series, visit frontdeskthebook.com.