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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, Mi...

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Main Author: Yang, Kelly (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc. 2018
Edition:First edition
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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
Physical Description:286 pages illustrations 22 cm
ISBN:9781338157796

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