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Résumé

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Mia Tang a beaucoup de secrets. Le premier, c’est qu’au lieu d’habiter une grande maison, elle vit dans un motel. Tous les jours, pendant que ses parents immigrants font le ménage des chambres, Mia s’occupe de l’accueil du motel Calivista et reçoit les clients. Le deuxième, c’est que ses parents cachent des immigrants. Et si l’horrible propriétaire du motel, M. Yao, découvre que des immigrants occupent gratuitement les chambres libres de son établissement, la famille Tang sera perdue. Et le dernier, c’est que Mia veut devenir écrivaine. Mais sa mère voudrait qu’elle continue à faire des maths, car l’anglais n’est pas sa langue maternelle. Mia saura-t-elle faire preuve d’assez de courage et de gentillesse, et travailler suffisamment pour survivre à cette année scolaire?

Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Firstly, she lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests.

Secondly, her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, M. Yao, finds out they've been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed.

Thirdly, she wants to be a writer. But how can she when her mom thinks she should stick to math because English is not her first language? Will Mia muster up enough courage, kindness, and hard work to get through this year?

Original title: Front Desk

Auteur

  • Kelly Yang (auteur)

    Kelly Yang is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several books for young readers, including Three Keys, Room to Dream, Key Player, and the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature winner Front Desk, which was also chosen as a Best Book of the Year by multiple publications, including NPR, The Washington Post, and the New York Public Library. Kelly's family immigrated to the United States from China when she was a young girl, and she grew up in California, in circumstances very similar to those of Mia Tang. After attending college at the age of 13, she graduated UC Berkeley and Harvard Law School. She is the founder of The Kelly Yang Project, a leading writing and debating program for children in Asia and the United States. Her writing has been published in South China Morning Post,The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic. To learn more about Kelly and the Front Desk series, visit frontdeskthebook.com.

Auteur(s) : Kelly Yang

Caractéristiques

Editeur : Scholastic Canada Ltd

Auteur(s) : Kelly Yang

Publication : 15 août 2023

Intérieur : Noir & blanc

Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [ePub]

Contenu(s) : ePub

Protection(s) : Marquage social (ePub)

Taille(s) : 5,2 Mo (ePub)

Langue(s) : Français

EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [ePub] : 9781039705081

EAN13 (papier) : 9781443195409

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