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Front Desk

Front Desk, Book 1

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By: Kelly Yang
Narrated by: Sunny Lu
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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 hold on to her job, help the immigrants and guests, and go for her dreams? Perfect for fans of Boy At the Back of the Class and A Kind of Spark.

©2018 Listening Library (P)2022 Audible, Ltd Asian Creators Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Multi-generational Family Heartfelt
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First of Kelly Yang’s book that I came across. Downloaded it as the blurb says for those who enjoyed A Kind of Spark. Of course by the time I look at my list of audiobooks for my work journey I forgot all about allocating this for family journey.

I really enjoyed it, more than I actually thought I would. It is already an emotive story, full of relevant world issues. However the narration by Sunny Lu just brings the story even more alive too. I looked forward to my work journey because of it. The ending and Kelly Yang’s notes brought tears to my eyes.

Whilst writing this review, I found out that her book was banned in 2021 because it talked about racism, biased-ness and all sorts of prejudices that is happening. I think it can be quite jarring to people who are really unaware of these issues happening around them, however it is important for these to be seen and then only it can be tackled.

I definitely recommend and will put the rest of the series in my TBR!

Jarring truths

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Picked this as it was free and have been let down by quite a few bad audible purchases recently. A pretty good story and narrated well, worth a listen.

Not my usual genre

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I started listening to Front Desk because I needed a book and the cover and sample looked and sounded good and then I just got attached to the story. It’s great for long walks or night time, I would definitely recommend and I can’t wait to finish it definitely worth 4 credits for all the stories!

Amazing

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Really good storyline and I live the characters especially Mia her family and the weeklys

This is such a good book

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the way she explains everything in such a clear way and brings attention to something that isnt talked about enough.

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