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Kelly Yang

Large print - 2019

Recent immigrants from China, desperate for money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown Southern California motel for skinflint Mr. Yao, whose son is the only other Chinese American in Mia's class.

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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.
Large type books > Juvenile fiction.
California, Southern > Juvenile fiction.
Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print 2019.
Language
English
Main Author
Kelly Yang (author)
Edition
Large print edition
Physical Description
395 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
ISBN
9781432861452
Contents unavailable.
Review by Horn Book Review

Yangs vivacious protagonist, ten-year-old Chinese immigrant Mia Tang, is winningly voiced by narrator Lu. Mias trials and tribulations, at school and at the California motel where she lives and works with her parents, range from minor worries (the motels miserly owner wont let her use the pool) to major calamities (how will her uninsured family pay her mothers emergency room bill after shes beaten by robbers?). Throughout, Lus youthful voice deftly captures Mias emotional ups and downs while also effectively portraying a range of other characters and evoking the hope with which Mia navigates her world. megan dowd lambert July/Aug p.152(c) Copyright 2019. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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