Room to Dream by Kelly YangMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Once again, I just reveled in this new Front Desk series! Mia and her friends are as strong as ever, but Lupe is going up to the high school for classes as Mia and Jason miss her! Mia is getting too many writing rejections and for the first time she is not telling Lupe or Jason... but she is super excited to return to China to visit her grandparents, cousins and aunts and uncles. While there, Mia makes friends with a beloved aging teacher who encourages Mia to submit her articles to youth newspaper in China. Her articles are an instant hit, she gets fan letters, and she begins to confide what she is feeling towards her friends (they will never read it, they are in America!) and her love of writing is
energized. But back at home, the new hotel next door is using dirty tactics to undermine the Calavista and Mia, Hank, and the shareholders are approached to sell the Calavista, what is Mia to do? I just love Kelly Yang's writing; it is real, authentic and students reading this series will find this 3rd book packs alot of punch and will LOVE it---friendship, family, big business, journalism, bias, racism, consent, and adaptability. A must read!
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