Front Desk

Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money,ten-year-old Mia Tang’s parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern Californiaeven though the ownerMr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaningMia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants–not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade classthe other being Mr. Yao’s sonJason.