Front Desk

Kelly Yang · 2018

Young adultComing of age

Banned in 1 country

Kelly Yang's semi-autobiographical novel about ten-year-old Mia Tang, a recent Chinese immigrant whose family manages a run-down motel in California — while secretly sheltering undocumented immigrants in the back rooms. Based on Yang's own childhood experiences. Challenged in US schools for its depiction of illegal immigration and its frank portrayal of poverty and racial discrimination experienced by immigrant children.