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1) Front Desk
Author
Series
Front desk volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, Mr. Yao, finds out they've been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed. Number 3: She wants to be a writer. But how can she when...
2) Three Keys
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The story of Mia and her family and friends at the Calivista Motel continues in this powerful, hilarious, and resonant sequel to the award-winning novel Front Desk.Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever.She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing!But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic...1. Mia's...
3) Key Player
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
"Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang! The Women's World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy -- especially Mia Tang! The U.S. is playing China in the finals, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming together. Less exciting, though? The fact that her P.E. teacher wants Mia to get out of the soccer field, too -- or fall short of the grade...
7) Watercress
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.
9) Gateway
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
While passing through the Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, a Chinese American teenager is transported to a parallel world where she is given a dangerous assignment.
11) Cartwheel Katie
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Katie is enrolled in a gymnastics class, but when she has trouble doing some of the moves she gets discouraged and considers dropping out.
12) Chasing Secrets
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lizzie and her secret friend Noah, who is hiding in her house, plan to rescue Noah's father from the quarantined Chinatown, and save everyone they love from contracting the plague that is spreading in 1900 San Francisco.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Alvin's father takes him camping to instill a love of nature, like that of their home-town hero Henry David Thoreau, Alvin makes a new friend and learns that he can be brave despite his fear of everything.
14) Cowgirl Katie
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Katie's dad surprises her with a trip to a ranch where she can ride a real horse.
15) Boo, Katie Woo!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Disappointed that her monster costume does not frighten anyone, Katie Woo still finds a way to have a happy Halloween.
17) New From Here
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Knox works to keep his family together as they move from Hong Kong back to northern California during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Amy loves craft time at school, but when her teacher asks everyone to make their own dragon, Amy feels stuck. Her first dragon has a long, wingless body, stag-like horns, and eagle claws, but her friends don't think it's a real dragon. Then she makes dragons like theirs, but none of them feels quite right--none of them feels like hers"--Publisher marketing.
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