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Kelly Yang

eBook - 2018

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 wan...ts 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...

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Published
Scholastic Inc.
Language
English
Main Author
Kelly Yang
Online Access
OverDrive Resource Page
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Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Adobe EPUB eBook
File Size9 GB
ISBN9781338157802
Release Date5/29/2018
Kindle Book
ASINB0756LMQHH
Release Date5/29/2018
OverDrive Read eBook
File Size9 GB
ISBN9781338157802
Release Date5/29/2018