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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. First person point of view. Realistic fiction. Look for the sequel - ( B 126477) IL 4-8 AR 4.5. RC 3.7. Lexile 640. Iowa Children's Choice Award 2020-2021. | |