Front Desk
by Kelly Yang • Book 1 of the Front Desk Series
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- Grade
- 3-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
- Immigrant / Refugee
Year Published 2018
Word Count 64,171
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 640L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 196541, 9 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Immigrants
- Chinese
- Exploitation--Juvenile fiction
- Chinese--California, Southern--Juvenile fiction
- Hotels, motels, etc.--Fiction
- California, Southern--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Self-confidence--Juvenile fiction
- California, Southern--Juvenile fiction
- California, Southern
- Chinese Americans
- Motels
- Exploitation
- Self-confidence--Fiction
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Immigrants--California, Southern--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- Motels--California, Southern--Juvenile fiction
- Immigrants--Fiction
- Immigrant families--California, Southern--Juvenile fiction
- Immigrant families
- Hotels, motels, etc
- Chinese Americans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Friendship--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Friendship
- Self-confidence
- Lists With This Book
- ELL Stories
- #OwnVoices for 4-8
- Inequity, Equality, and Organizing
- Sample: StudyForge
- Read Alikes for Great Expectations
- Embracing All Families Elementary
- Immigration Stories
- AAPI Community
- Stories Beyond Borders
- Across Cultures: AAPI Heritage
- Family and Friends: AAPI Heritage
- Books From All 50 States - California
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Kelly Yang about Front Desk
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kelly Yang
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 15
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Series Write With Front Desk Curriculum from Kelly Yang
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Parent/Family Discussion Guide from Anti-Defamation League
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Educator's Guide from Anti-Defamation League
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Teen Writing Class #11 - Writing From Experience from Kelly Yang
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Teen Writing Class #8 - Setting from Kelly Yang
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Teen Writing Class #5 -- (POV) Point of View from Kelly Yang
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Teen Writing Class #4 -- Act Structure from Kelly Yang
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Teen Writing Class #2 -- Scenes from Kelly Yang
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Teen Writing Class -- Class #1: Character from Kelly Yang
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Discussion Guide from Scholastic
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Discussion Guide from Front Desk
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Classroom Ideas from Walker Books Australia
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Curriculum Connections from Vermont Department of Libraries
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Book Readings 2
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Video Book Reading narrated by Kelly Yang
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Sunny Lu
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Book Trailers 1
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Video Book Trailer from Scholastic
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Vocabulary Lists 1
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Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Book & Adaptation Websites 1
Awards & Distinctions 11
![Read for Empathy Collections, 2017-2024](/images/awards/132.JPG.pagespeed.ce.iFLhwg5jQj.jpg)
Read for Empathy Collections, 2017-2024
Selection, 2022
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ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2019
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Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2019
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
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CALA Annual Best Book Award, 2008-2024
Winner, 2019
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Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2018
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Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Middle Selection, 2018
![SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023](/images/awards/89.jpg)
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2018
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Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023
Middle Grade Selection, 2018
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