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Front Desk

by Kelly Yang

Ages 9–12 Reading age 10 Novel Set in everyday life warmthoughtful

Mia's parents manage a motel for a landlord who cheats them, and ten-year-old Mia runs the front desk while trying to become a writer.

A story about children, families and a grown-up villain, warm and thoughtful in tone. We would put it with children of 9–12, and at a reading age of about 10 for reading alone.

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