Bøger af Kelly Yang

While Mia spends winter break in San Francisco's Chinatown with Lupe and Jason, she uncovers stories, grapples with new feelings for Jason, and experiences various forms of racism.

Ten-year-old Lina wants to create a viral video to help her mom's business, but as she navigates the world of likes and views with her two best friends, Lina must find the courage to stay true to her authentic self.

In this fifth book in the series, "Mia Tang is at the top of her game. She's spending winter break with Mom, Lupe, Jason, and Hank in San Francisco's Chinatown. Rich with history and hilarious aunties and uncles, it's the place to find a great story--one she hopes to publish while attending journalism camp at the Tribune. But this trip has as many bumps as the hills of San Francisco"--Provided by publisher.

"Mia Tang est convaincue qu'elle s'apprãete áa passer la meilleure annâee de sa vie. Ses parents et elle sont les heureux propriâetaires du Motel Calivista, oáu elle s'occupe de la râeception avec sa meilleure amie, Lupe. Mais il s'aváere que la sixiáeme annâee n'est pas une partie de plaisir. Pourtant, si quelqu'un peut trouver la clâe pour traverser les pâeriodes de turbulence, c'est bien Mia Tang! L'histoire de Mia et de sa famille se poursuit dans cette suite puissante, hilarante et râesonnante du roman primâe Motel Calivista: Râeception, Bonjour!"--

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a poignant middle grade novel about courage, hope, and resilience as an Asian American boy fights to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus.When the coronavirus hits Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox Wei-Evans's mom makes the last-minute decision to move him and his siblings back to California, where they think they will be safe. Suddenly, Knox has two days to prepare for an international moveand for leaving his dad, who has to stay for work. At his new school in California, Knox struggles with being the new kid. His classmates think that because he's from Asia, he must have brought over the virus. At home, Mom just got fired and is panicking over the loss of health insurance, and Dad doesn't even know when he'll see them again, since the flights have been cancelled. And everyone struggles with Knox's blurting-things-out problem. As racism skyrockets during COVID-19, Knox tries to stand up to hate, while finding his place in his new country. Can you belong if you're feared; can you protect if you're new? And how do you keep a family together when you're oceans apart? Sometimes when the world is spinning out of control, the best way to get through it is to embrace our own lovable uniqueness.

Don't miss the stunning no.1 New York Times bestseller. New country. New life. Whole new world . . . When the coronavirus hits Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox's mom makes the last-minute decision to move him and his siblings to California, where they think they will be safe from the virus. But life in America isn't easy. At Knox's new school, the other kids think that because he is from Asia, he must have brought over the virus. At home, Mom's freaking out because she just got fired, and Dad doesn't know when he'll see them all again, because all flights out of Hong Kong have been cancelled. As racism skyrockets during COVID, can Knox stand up to hate while finding his place in his new country?Based on her own lived experience, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang spins a heart-warming tale of courage, hope and resilience in the face of unprecedented times. 'This is a warm, sensitive, deep-dive of a family story, full of kid logic, bitter sibling rivalry, and the imperative to stand up to racism. Is essential reading to process what we've all been through.' GuardianAlso by Kelly Yang:Front DeskThree KeysRoom to DreamParachutes

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 California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia 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 class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason.

A lyrical picture book about Asian American heroes from the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk, featuring illustrations by a variety of beloved artistsGet to know Asian American heroes doing everything they dream of. From creating beautiful music like Yo-Yo Ma to flying to outer space like Franklin Chang Diaz; from standing up to injustice like Fred Korematsu to becoming the first Asian-American (and woman) Vice President of the United States like Kamala Harris, this book illuminates the power of Asian Americans all over this country, in all sorts of fields. Each spread will be illustrated by a different Asian American artist, and backmatter will include more in-depth biographies of all the featured people.

The third book in the bestselling FRONT DESK series by award-winning author Kelly Yang.

Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever:1. She and her parents have a motel. 2. She gets to run the front desk. 3. She's finally getting somewhere with her writing. But, on a rollercoaster of challenges, Mia will need all her determination to hang on tight...

Mia Tang has a lot of secrets:1. She lives in a motel, not a big house. 2. Her parents hide immigrants. 3. She wants to be a writer. It will take all of Mia's courage, kindness, and hard work to get through this year. Will she be able to go for her dreams?

Four starred reviews and over ten best-of-year lists!* "Many readers will recognize themselves or their neighbors in these pages." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review