Reading Level: 3.7Lexile: 640L
Genre: Realistic Fiction
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.
Once again, I chose this book hoping to find a 3-6 interest level book that would interest 7th and 8th grade students as well. I really enjoyed this book. I think with the latest media focus on racial injustice that this book would be a great read for any middle school student. I highly recommend it.
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