Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Front Desk by Kelly Yang
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I read this APALA Award Winner as part of the 2019 HUB Reading Challenge. A great book but very disturbing as middle schooler Mia Tang migrates to America with her father and mother and the trials of managing the Calavista Motel for a racist, mean, underhanded Mr. Yao. Mia is kind, supportive, and having a difficult time at the motel and at school. But she uses her mind to always come up with a better plan while helping others and calling out those who make trouble or are dishonest toward others. Mia works really hard to become a better person and writer; she does not let the teacher's red pen stop her from writing; she picks up the dictionary and thesaurus and betters herself and her writing. What I really liked was the Author Note at the end and much of what she writes in this book, she lived.

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