Front Desk (book)

Front Desk is a middle grade book written by Kelly Yang and published by Scholastic in 2018. Yang's debut book is about ten-year-old Mia Tang and her family who, after a couple years struggling financially, are hired to manage a motel. It is the first book in the 6-part series. The family is hired by the owner of the Calivista, Mr. Yao. Although originally seeming nice, he's later revealed to be a penny-pinching liar. Mia gains the friendship of the "weeklies" and is eventually able to buy the hotel with the help of the community.