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2) Front desk
Author
Series
Language
English
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
JEF - Asian Pacific Islander Authors (Chapter Books)
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
JEF - Asian Pacific Islander Authors (Chapter Books)
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Description
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...
Author
Series
Front desk volume 2
Language
English
Appears on these lists
DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
JEF - Asian Pacific Islander Authors (Chapter Books)
JEF - Asian Pacific Islander Authors (Chapter Books)
Description
Mia Tang's sixth grade year complicated by a hard-to-please teacher, financial setbacks at her parents' motel, and a looming immigration law that threatens to derail her entire life.
5) Floors
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Leo's future and the fate of the extraordinary Whippet Hotel, where his father is the maintenance man, are at stake when a series of cryptic boxes leads Leo to hidden floors, strange puzzles, and unexpected alliances.
Author
Series
Greenglass House volume 1
Language
English
Description
At Greenglass House, a smuggler's inn, twelve-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his winter holidays relaxing but soon guests are arriving with strange stories about the house sending Milo and Meddy, the cook's daughter, on an adventure.
Author
Series
Welcome to Wonderland volume 2
Language
English
Description
"P.T. and Gloria try to save the Wonderland again by getting a teen singing sensation to shoot a movie at the motel"--
9) No vacancy
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Buying and moving into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York wasn't eleven-year-old Miriam Brockman's dream, but at least it's an adventure. Miriam befriends Kate, whose grandmother owns the diner next door, and finds comfort in the company of Maria, the motel's housekeeper, and her Uncle Mordy, who comes to help out for the summer. "--Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
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Description
Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into the country under the welcoming guise of sunshine and wine. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of a Texas oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid with his parents hoping to connect with the country of his mother's birth through the lens of his camera. Photography--and fate--introduce...
Author
Series
Winterhouse volume 2
Language
English
Description
Back at the Winterhouse hotel for another holiday season, Elizabeth and Freddy, who love puzzles, dig deeper into the mystery surrounding a hotel guest who left behind odd artifacts, including a magical book that evil Gracella Winters once attempted to use to gain destructive power over the entire Falls lineage.
18) Havenfall
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Maddie loves spending summers at Havenfall, a Colorado inn where her uncle brokers peace between worlds, until a murder forces her to take on responsibilities for which she is unprepared.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When a tiger comes to stay at Valentine's guest house, the human visitors all check out in a rush. Luckily, the hotel soon starts to fill again - but with a very different collection of residents, all with new and differing needs. Elsie and Valentine make lots of changes to accommodate the new guests, and a very popular, accessible and unusual guest house results! A beautiful debut picture book about diversity, inclusivity and empowerment"--
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First US edition.
Language
English
Description
When a young girl and her older brothers step into the ghostly Paradise Sands Hotel, they fall under the rule of the mysterious Teller. The girl makes a deal with the commanding creature to free them all from his haunting paradise--and let them return totheir mother, white roses in hand. But can the girl, determined as she is, hold up her side of the bargain?"--
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