Front Desk (Front Desk #1) (Scholastic Gold) -- Kelly Yang, Hardcover
Author: Kelly Yang
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Published: 05/29/2018
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781338157796
Audience: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 196541 / Front Desk
Award: Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Winner
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/15/2018 pg. 60
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2018 - Book Of Special Distinction
School Library Journal 03/01/2018 pg. 109
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2018 pg. 126
Publishers Weekly 06/18/2018
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2018 pg. 126
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 pg. 99 - Superior,Well Above Average
About the Author
Kelly Yang is the author of Front Desk, which won the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature and was chosen a Best Book of the Year by multiple publications, including NPR, the Washington Post, and the New York Public Library. Kelly's family immigrated to the United States from China when she was a young girl, and she grew up in California, in circumstances very similar to those of Mia Tang. She eventually left the motels and went to college at the age of 13, and is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Harvard Law School. She is the founder of The Kelly Yang Project, a leading writing and debating program for children in Asia and the United States. Her writing has been published in the South China Morning Post, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Atlantic. To learn more about her and the Front Desk books, visit frontdeskthebook.com.
Product Tags:
Ages 9-12, Arthur A. Levine Books, Asian American & Pacific Islander, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction, Emigration & Immigration, Family, Friendship, Front Desk, Grades 4-6, Grades 6-8, Hardcover, Juvenile Fiction, Kelly Yang, Social ThemesContact form
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