| Edition |
First edition. |
| Descript |
286, 12 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Audience |
640L Lexile |
| Note |
Accelerated Reader MG 4.5 9 9 196541 |
| Bibliog. |
Includes Author's note with bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Immigrant families -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction.
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Immigrants -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction.
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Chinese -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction.
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Motels -- California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction.
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Exploitation -- Juvenile fiction.
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Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction.
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Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
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Immigrants -- Fiction.
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Chinese Americans -- Fiction.
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Hotels, motels, etc. -- Fiction.
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Self-confidence -- Fiction.
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Friendship -- Fiction.
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JUVENILE FICTION / General. |
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California, Southern -- Juvenile fiction.
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California, Southern -- Fiction.
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Exploitation -- Juvenile fiction. |
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Friendships -- Juvenile fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781338157796 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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1338157795 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9781338157826 |
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1338157825 |
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