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Three Keys
Author:
Yang, Kelly
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Series:
Front desk novel, #2
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Class:
Fiction
Age: 8-12
Language: English
Demand: Average
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LC: PZ7.1
Grade: 3-7
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ISBN-13: 9781338591385
LCCN: 2021278814
Imprint: Scholastic Press
Publisher: Scholastic Inc
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Pub Date: 09/15/2020
Availability: Available
List: $17.99
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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271 pages ; 22 cm.
H 8.25",
W 5.5"
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LC Series:
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A Front desk novel ;
A front desk novel
Front desk novel ;
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Brodart Sources:
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Brodart's Diverse Titles: Asian & Pacific Islander (Children's)
Brodart's For Youth Interest Titles
Brodart's Insight Catalog: Children
Brodart's TOP Juvenile Titles
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Bibliographies:
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New York Times Bestsellers List
New York Times Bestsellers: Children's Middle Grade and Young Adult Books
New York Times Bestsellers: Children's Series
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Awards:
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Best Multicultural Books List (CSMCL)
Booklist Starred Reviews
Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices
Horn Book Guide Titles, Rated 1 - 4
Kirkus Starred Reviews
Publishers Weekly Starred Reviews
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Starred Reviews:
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Booklist
Kirkus Reviews
Publishers Weekly
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TIPS Subjects:
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Social Life and Customs
Friendship
Social Issues
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BISAC Subjects: |
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
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LC Subjects:
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Asians
Asians, California, Juvenile fiction
California
California, Southern, Fiction
California, Southern, Juvenile fiction
Children's stories
Chinese
Chinese Americans
Chinese Americans, Fiction
Chinese Americans, Juvenile fiction
Emigration and immigration law, Fiction
Emigration and immigration law, Juvenile fiction
Fiction
Friendship
Friendship, Fiction
Friendship, Juvenile fiction
Hotels, motels, etc., Fiction
Hotels, motels, etc., Juvenile fiction
Immigrant families
Immigrants
Immigrants, California, Southern, Juvenile fiction
Immigrants, Fiction
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
Juvenile works
Middle schools
Middle schools, Fiction
Middle schools, Juvenile fiction
Motels
Motels, California, Southern, Juvenile fiction
Novels
Racism
Racism against Asians, Juvenile fiction
Sixth grade (Education), Fiction
Sixth grade (Education), Juvenile fiction
Social problem fiction
Southern California
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SEARS Subjects: |
Chinese Americans, Fiction
Chinese, Juvenile fiction
Friendship, Fiction
Friendship, Juvenile fiction
Hotels and motels, Fiction
Hotels and motels, Juvenile fiction
Immigrants, Fiction
Immigrants, Juvenile fiction
Immigration and emigration, Fiction
Racism, Fiction
Racism, Juvenile fiction
Southern California, Fiction
Southern California, Juvenile fiction
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Reading Programs: |
Accelerated Reader Level:
4.8
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Points: 9.0
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| Annotations |
| Brodart's TOP Juvenile Titles | 09/01/2020 |
| Publisher Annotation: 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... It's a roller coaster of challenges, and Mia needs all of her determination to hang on tight. But if anyone can find the key to getting through turbulent times, it's Mia Tang! Front desk novel series, 288pp. |
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| Starred Reviews: |
| Booklist | 08/01/2020 |
| Grades 4-7. In this sequel to 2018's beloved Front Desk, things are looking up for Mia as she enters sixth grade. Her family of first-generation Chinese immigrants now owns the booming Calivista Motel, which she and her best friend, Mexican immigrant Lupe, help run, but life is soured by the rise of a political campaign fueled by racism and xenophobia. This historical novel is set during California's 1994 gubernatorial race and the vote on Proposition 187, which threatened to prohibit undocumented immigrants from public education and other services. It's no accident that Yang focuses on events that reflects the attitudes reigning in today's politics. In an increasingly hostile community, at school and abroad, Mia and her friends encounter a rising tide of microaggressions and hate crimes--all based on true events, according to the stirring afterword--and after Lupe's undocumented father is jailed under threat of deportation, they must find a way to sway public opinion and keep her family from being separated. Yang carries on prominent themes of the first book, arguably to greater effect here. She has a remarkable talent for relating serious--even traumatic--issues in a way that won't trigger readers, grounding the well-paced story in the struggles, doubts, and deep love between Mia's friends and family. A more-than-worthy sequel, full of hope and heart, even in the darkest of times. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Yang made a joyful splash in the world of middle-grade with her Asian/Pacific American Award-winning Front Desk, and fans will be eager for this timely sequel. Ronny Khuri. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2020. |
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| Kirkus Reviews | 06/01/2020 |
| Sixth grader Mia Tang returns to battle racism in this thrilling sequel to the Asian/Pacific American Award-winning Front Desk (2018). The Tangs, who emigrated from China when Mia was little, are now the proud owners of the Calivista Motel. Mia works the front desk along with her friends Lupe Garcia, who is Mexican, and Jason Yao, who is Chinese. Her world quickly becomes clouded by the upcoming election, in which California's Prop 187, which would ban undocumented immigrants from access to health care and public schooling, is on the ballot. The author's note highlights personal experiences with racism and provides additional information on this historic vote. The storyline expertly weaves together the progress and setbacks Mia experiences as her family continues to work, seemingly endlessly on the edge of poverty. Lupe reveals that her family is undocumented, creating a portrait of fear as her father is jailed. The impending vote has significant consequences for all immigrants, not just the Garcias, as racial threats increase. With the help of a cast of strong supporting characters, Mia bravely uses her voice and her pen to change opinions-with family, friends, teachers, and even voters. The lessons she learns helping her friends become the key to addressing racism, as one wise friend advises: "You gotta listen, you gotta care, and most importantly, you gotta keep trying." Don't miss this brave hero as she confronts anti-immigrant hatred in a timely historical novel. (author's note) (Historical fiction. 8-12). 288pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2020. |
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| Publishers Weekly | 07/27/2020 |
| Ages 8-12. Aspiring writer Mia Tang, 11, returns in this complex yet accessible middle grade novel, the sequel to Yang's Front Desk. Newly named co-owners of the Calivista Motel in Anaheim, Calif., the Tangs are "on the good rollercoaster now," having escaped the authoritarian rule of former owner Mr. Yao. But their financial security is not guaranteed, and burgeoning racist sentiments and hate crimes--involving the impending 1994 gubernatorial election and one candidate's bill proposing to "kick undocumented children out of California schools"--only make matters worse. As Mia and her family and friends face numerous instances of discrimination, they must concurrently inhabit the liminal spaces of being immigrants of color in America, interrogating exactly what it means to believe in justice, fight for their dreams, and belong in a country that seems to resent them. Yang expertly presents resonant themes--including privilege, assimilation, and solidarity--in nuanced ways, providing an entree into contemporary issues for even the most uninformed young readers. Engaging with a political climate that is similar to current times, Mia is the compassionate, action-driven heroine today's readers deserve. An author's note reveals Yang's personal inspiration and extensive research. Agent: Tina Dubois, ICM Partners. (Sept.). 288p. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2020. |
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| Journal Reviews |
| Horn Book | 11/01/2020 |
| Intermediate, Middle School. In this sequel to Front Desk (rev. 7/18), eleven-year-old Chinese American Mia Tang continues helping to run her now family-and-worker-owned motel in California. Business is going well, but negative political ads demonizing undocumented immigrants occupy the media landscape. At school, Mia forms a club where she and other marginalized classmates find validation and share instances of racism in their daily lives. Mia's best friend Lupe reveals a long-kept secret, describing being undocumented as "being a pencil, when everyone else is a pen...You worry you can be erased anytime." Matters intensify when Lupe's mother struggles to return from Mexico after attending Lupe's abuelita's funeral, and then her father is threatened with deportation. Yang's writing is engaging and earnest, making issues of discrimination, class, poverty, cultural identity, and gender roles accessible to young readers. Mia is a creative and determined activist, using her voice to combat injustice while uplifting the voices of others. An author's note details extensive research on American immigration laws and their impacts on immigrant families in the 1990s. Kristine Techavanich November/December 2020 p.115. 288pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2020. |
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| Horn Book Guide | 10/01/2020 |
| 2. In this sequel to Front Desk (rev. 7/18), eleven-year-old Chinese American Mia Tang continues helping to run her now family-and-worker-owned motel in California. Business is going well, but negative political ads demonizing undocumented immigrants occupy the media landscape. At school, Mia forms a club where she and other marginalized classmates find validation and share instances of racism in their daily lives. Mia's best friend Lupe reveals a long-kept secret, describing being undocumented as being a pencil, when everyone else is a pen...You worry you can be erased anytime. Matters intensify when Lupe's mother struggles to return from Mexico after attending Lupe's abuelita's funeral, and then her father is threatened with deportation. Yang's writing is engaging and earnest, making issues of discrimination, class, poverty, cultural identity, and gender roles accessible to young readers. Mia is a creative and determined activist, using her voice to combat injustice while uplifting the voices of others. An author's note details extensive research on American immigration laws and their impacts on immigrant families in the 1990s. kt. 288 pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2020. |
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