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product_id: 113978321
title: "Front Desk (Front Desk #1) (Scholastic Gold) (1)"
brand: "kelly yang"
price: "B/.40"
currency: PAB
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 12
url: https://www.desertcart.com.pa/products/113978321-front-desk-front-desk-1-scholastic-gold-1
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region: Panama
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# Front Desk (Front Desk #1) (Scholastic Gold) (1)

**Brand:** kelly yang
**Price:** B/.40
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Front Desk (Front Desk #1) (Scholastic Gold) (1) by kelly yang
- **How much does it cost?** B/.40 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Description

Front Desk (Front Desk #1) (Scholastic Gold)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great Book!
  

*by A***. on Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2024*

The book was awesome. I liked how Jason evolved during the year and the complex personalities of all the characters. This book was perfect and I am rereading it. I would not change anything.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Loved it!
  

*by J***. on Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2022*

Mia is a ten-year-old Chinese immigrant. She had immigrated to California from China 2 years earlier with her parents, who were hoping for a better life. Unfortunately, the United States in the 1990s was not exactly welcoming to Chinese immigrants, and many struggled. Mia and her parents were no different. After gaining and losing several jobs and facing homelessness again, Mia's parents take a job managing a motel. Unfortunately, the motel owner - who is Taiwanese, not Chinese, as he is quick to point out - is not only overtly racist, he is also exploitive and seems almost happy to point out to Mia's parents that they could be replaced immediately when they question his actions.But Mia and her parents try to make the best of it. Mia works the front desk when at the motel, quickly learning the ropes and consistently trying to find ways to help the guests and her family. She also becomes friends with the weeklies at the motel - those guests who live at the motel and pay weekly - and they quickly become part of her growing family.At school, though, Mia struggles. She can't tell the other students - most of whom are white - that she lives in a motel. She struggles in English, though she loves writing, and she also has disagreements with her mother who thinks she should focus on math and forget about writing because "she'll never be able to write as well as the white kids" for whom English is their native language.Most of the book is a slice-of-life look at running a hotel and Mia's struggle to integrate with the other students at school. Though it may seem to some that too much goes wrong at the motel in too short a period of time, I can say from experience that this depiction is incredibly realistic. While reading it, I was having flashbacks to my own experience managing a motel and running the front desk. The news Mia and her family get in chapter 55, in particular, hit hard on the feels for me, because my husband and I went through that same situation. We didn't use the same solution that Mia and her family did, and I definitely loved the solution they came up with.Throughout the story were the letters that Mia wrote, each for a different situation. These were an added touch, helping to bring the reader back to the days of the early and mid-90s, before email was ubiquitous and text messaging was still a dream. Her struggle to put word to paper, to make sure she was using the right words and tenses, was an added dimension to the story that I didn't expect but definitely appreciated. The author's note at the end, where she discussed her own experiences was also incredibly moving, and I loved learning that much of the book's scenarios were pulled from her own experiences, while also wanting to give a hug to the child that had to experience that struggle.I had the opportunity to listen to the audiobook, narrated by Sunny Lu, and I highly recommend it. Lu did a wonderful job with the narration, injecting just the right amount of emotion and tension into the performance. I had to force myself to stop listening so I could go to bed; had I not, I would have listened right through to the end and not getting any sleep. While I would have enjoyed the story, work the next day would not have been fun. Lol.So, long review short, I definitely recommend this book. For younger readers, I would recommend a parent read with them, as there are some tough situations that they may need/want to talk about. But overall, this is a story of hope for an immigrant family who is struggling to make a better life for themselves.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great reads!
  

*by K***R on Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2024*

I purchased this book to read before sending it as a gift to a young friend. It’s well written and is an engaging story. It deserves all the accolades it’s received

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*Last updated: 2026-03-14*