What do you think Front Desk is about?
One Book, One City for Kids is an annual reading program that encourages all 5th graders in the city to read and discuss the same book. The program also strives to encourage a lifelong love of reading among students, to inspire readers to bring story ideas and themes to life through discussion, and to build collaborative ties between public libraries, school libraries, and area schools. This year the entire city will be reading "Front Desk" by Kelly Yang.
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What do you think is the overall message of the book?
i used to think front desk was about a responsible girl at school but then i realized it was a girl who worked at the front desk of a hotel
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DeleteI think Mia will work at the front desk of a motel. I think Mia will someday achieve her goal of being a writer. I think Mia will win the essay contest. I think Mia will prove her mom wrong about English. I think Mia will get so fed-up with Jason that she'll either punch or give him a little talk.
DeleteI think the book is about a girl who makes some kind of store thing.
ReplyDeleteI think it is about the girl get the first desk and become the best kid and school turn to the leader off the school and she get so busy she don,t evening go home and thay get sus
ReplyDeleteI think the book is about a girl who may have recently moved from her home town and wants to become a writer but she is scared that kid's might shame her for that because she lives in a tiny apartment something bad might happen and she needs to fix it-Diamond@coit
ReplyDeleteI have already read the book and I think the book is has a very important lesson to it. I love how they help Immigrants it reminds me a little bit of Martian Luther King because he was helping people a lot. It has a good lesson that everyone can learn from.
ReplyDeleteI have read it too and I also Like the kindness that´s in every chapter.
DeleteI also read the book and I Love the kindness in every chapter.
Deletesame and i think that is a really good one
DeleteI think the book is about and Mia and the mean motel owner.
ReplyDeleteI think the story is about a girl who thinks since she got the front seat in her class she thinks she got a lot of power!
ReplyDeletewow that was great I think so too.
Deleteme too
DeleteThat's how I feel when I seat in front.
Deleteabout a smart girl that faces challenges?
ReplyDeleteI think the book is about a girl from a different country and is overwhelmed at a hotel
ReplyDeleteI think that is a very accurate guess.
DeleteI think that maybe it's about a girl who's scared about being different, and that she has kind of a poor life.
ReplyDeleteI think she gets in trouble a lot so she is assigned to be seated in the front.
ReplyDeleteA girl who works at a hotel because it is CALLED front desk and that is a clue.
ReplyDeleteA girl that think she is the best person in the school cause she got Front Desk.
ReplyDeleteTbh she is a humble person
DeleteI think it will be about a girl who has the front seat and fells confident about herself.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good one
Deleteyeah it is
DeleteI don´t necessarily think she is at the front seat in school and there is a telephone on the desk on the books cover,and why would she have keys behind her? but I like the guess. :)
DeleteYeah.
DeletePersonally I think she works at a motel.
DeleteI think she became a rebel girl in the story.
ReplyDeletei think the story is about a girl who moves from china and come to the united states
ReplyDeleteand learns about america and learns english and live in a hotel or a apartment.
I agree with that guess. i think it is correct.
DeleteI think the book is about a girl who is from a different country and is working at a motel and is overwhelmed
ReplyDeleteher being the boss.
ReplyDeleteI think the story is about a girl who thinks she has lot of power.
ReplyDeleteI think she became a rebel girl.
ReplyDeleteI she want to be a writer and she is a great writer
ReplyDeleteI think the book is about it going to be real good
ReplyDeleteI think it is about a girl who like to do a lot of things like writer and math.And that her parents wants her to do things that she don't want to do.
ReplyDeleteI think that the book is about a girl who runs the front desk of a hotel that there parents hide immigrants and they get in trouble in the middle of the book.
ReplyDeletei think the book is about a girl that has a crazy life.
ReplyDeleteI think that the FRONT DESK book is about the girl geting the jod or something because its called the front desk but i dont know that so yeah
ReplyDeletei think the book is about that she wants to become a writer
ReplyDeleteWhat I think Front Desk is about a 10 year old girl who basically works at a hotel with her parents, with a BIG dream of becoming a writer, but people are telling her to just stick with whatever she is good at right NOW because English is not her first language. So THAT is what I think the story "Front Desk" is about.
ReplyDeleteand they have to find a job in america so they work in a hotel
DeleteI think the book is about a girl with special powers to bring people together.
ReplyDeletei think this book is about.. a girl named kelly yang that works hard and helps people that need help .
ReplyDeleteI think the book is about a girl with her parents that live in a hotel and that thinks that Mr.yao
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Deletemy first inpression abour the book is that its a girl who likes to hleps people at a motel
ReplyDeleteI thought the setting about book was a girl who just has an desk
ReplyDeletei think the book front desk by kelly yang is about a girl who got fired because she dropt plates on peoples body and she lived in a five dollar apartment and only one child per parent the desk is wood on top and the bottom is glass but is bullet proof.
ReplyDeleteI think that she was a busy student.
ReplyDeletei think the girl is trying to help her family to money and buy a house because it said in the book. and and thinks she has power and she is smart to do things. and went to collage at age 13.
ReplyDeleteI think the story is about is about a girl who is trying to get a job so she can earn money
ReplyDeleteI think the book Front Desk is about a girl that works at a motel and has a mean motel owner and works a lot with her parents to soon get a new home with her parents.
ReplyDeleteI think the story is about the girl was smart and the girl did not learn English
ReplyDeleteI think the book is about a girl who work at a school.
ReplyDeleteI think the book is about a girl's life and her parents
ReplyDeleteI think it is about a girl who works at the front desk at a hotel
ReplyDeleteI think so to. :)
DeleteI think so too you can get a lot of info from the back page.
DeleteI think that its about a girl who wants to make her own hotel thing mabye
ReplyDeleteI believe the book is about a girl who came to America for a better life as well as her family and I believe they're going to receive a better life.
ReplyDeletei think its about a girl who wants to be incharge of her own hotel
ReplyDeleteI think Front Desk is about a girls life story and her parents struggle to get money she asked to work the front desk so she can help her parents.
ReplyDeleteI think it is about a girl who works at the the front desk at ahotel
ReplyDeleteI Think the book ¨Front Desk¨ is about a girl working at the front desk in an apartment place.
ReplyDeleteI think it is about one girl that her mom gets a job that in the [front desk] mia take over her moms job at the [front desk] at a hotel
ReplyDeleteI think "Front Desk" is about an girl who works in a Front desk at a Motel.
ReplyDeleteWhat I think Front Desk is about is that a girl who wants to just help her parents with their jobs and when she helps her mom and dad she's happy.
ReplyDeleteI think its a girl who works at a hotel.
ReplyDeletesomeone that works in a motel :]
ReplyDeleteI think the story is about is about a girl who is trying to get a job so she can earn money or she works at a front desk at a hotel.
ReplyDeleteI think the book is about that she works jobs to help her poor family.
ReplyDeletei think its about a person that lives in anhotel
ReplyDeleteI think it is about a hotel that became a big bigness.
ReplyDeleteI think its about a girl work at the front desk so she can help her faimly.
ReplyDeletei think she works at the front desk in the hotel they work at.
ReplyDeleteI think it is about a girl hoe works at a front desk of a motel
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ReplyDeleteI thought it was a girl who was a very behaved girl until I realized she is a girl who can’t remember things often.
ReplyDeleteI think it is about a girl who has trouble with her family sometimes.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree
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ReplyDeleteIthink is a girl that sells things because she is in a desk and has supplies?
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought that it was can be about a girl that worked at a motel for their parents
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought that it was can be about a girl that worked at a motel for here parents and get money
ReplyDeleteI think it’s about a girl who has to work at a motel with her parents.
ReplyDeleteyes i agree 👍
DeleteI think This book be about a girl named Mia who lives in motel and helps her parents with the front desk
ReplyDeleteI think it’s about a girl who has to work at a motel with her parents.
ReplyDeletegood one
Deletethats really cool
Deletei like its so far
ReplyDeletelik love it
ReplyDeletei think that front desk is about a girl from china that works at a hotel.
DeleteSo far I think Mia might have some struggles because she is an immigrant.
ReplyDeletehi i'm really enjoying this book i think so far its very intresting and i think other kids would love this. :)
ReplyDeletehey im really injoying this book so far:/
ReplyDeleteI think it is about Mia working with her parents at a motel and her working at the front desk.
ReplyDeleteI think this will show how it is tuff when when you move But you wil overcome it.
ReplyDeleteI am glad to start this I so thing this book will be awesome!
ReplyDeleteI think the book good
ReplyDeleteI agree with most of you.
ReplyDeletei think its about a girl who work at a hotel and she work there tell to got grown
ReplyDeleteit good it good
ReplyDeleteyes
Deletehe was rude to other people
ReplyDeletei think this book is about a girl who worked at a motel and had a very rude boss
ReplyDeletei agree.
Deletewhat i think about this book front desk its amazing but the most shking part that she went to colage at 13 years old like what and she worked in a motel with a strict maneger and wile she is 10 years old.
ReplyDeleteI think that this book is about a girl that came from china and work at a motel with a strict boss and her and her parents burly have money!!!!
ReplyDeletei also feel bad for her because she gets bullied by the way she looks and the people being races about the place she was born in .
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DeleteI feel bad because she has to lie to people because she do not have a lot of stuff and she get bullied because of her bloodline .
ReplyDeleteI think that the Front Desk is one of the best books because Mia gets to work at the a front desk and everyone dose not get to work at the front desk.
ReplyDeleteWhat I think about this book front desk it's amazing but the most shocking part that went to college at 13 years old like what and she worked at a motel with strict manager and while she was is 10 years old.
ReplyDeletei like this book because it has alot of imformation
ReplyDeleteI think the book is about a girl who works at a hotel.
ReplyDeleteI think the book is about a girl named Mia Tang who moved to the United States and her parents don't have much money. She also I think works at a hotel for a really mean manager Mr. Yao and she also doesn't have many friends because she is an immigrant from china.
ReplyDeleteI think it is about a girl who works at a hotel and likes to be at the front desk, and she moves from China to USA and is getting used to the USA.
ReplyDeleteits good
ReplyDeleteThe book is about Mia who wants to run the front desk buther parents want her to be verry good at it.
ReplyDeletethe book is good for me
ReplyDeletea chinese girl who works a a motel
ReplyDeleteI think its about a family that struggles a lot.
ReplyDeleteI think that the book will be about Mia and her parents making the best out of a bad situation
ReplyDeleteI thought front desk was about a girl at school.
ReplyDeleteThe book is about a real life story of this litle girl that helps her parents at a motel and there working for a mean boss that hates everybody at the hotel.
ReplyDeleteAbout Mia's live working in a motel
ReplyDeleteI thinks this book is ganna be like they have no money and there ganna be helping pepole like giving them food when they need it and at the end there ganna be rich and have the best life......
ReplyDeleteI think that the book is going to be about how Mia and her family are living in the motel with a strict boss.
ReplyDeleteAbout Mia's live working in a motel
ReplyDeletethis story is about this little girl that helps her parents work in the motel and they work for a mean boss that hates everybody in the motel
ReplyDeleteI think the book is about the family is running a bissins in the motel. I think that they mite go out of bissins.
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ReplyDeleteit is about a girl who got a job at 9
ReplyDeleteI think it's about Mia Tang and her family adapting to America since they moved from China, where things were much more famliar.
ReplyDeleteShe is a heplful girl but gets mad easily and does NOT like people judging her by race.
ReplyDeletea girl who works at the motel and lives there
ReplyDeleteI think Mr. Yao will find out about Mia's secret and Mia will run away from the motel that she lives at and then carry out her carrier as a writer and write about what happened in the motel.Or I think that Mia will keep a diary of what happened and what is happening in the motel and Mr. Yao will read it one day and be super mad at them for what they have done.
ReplyDeleteI think front desk is about her life and when she was smaller and I feel bad for her cause she gets bullied too. And i feel bad for her cause Mr.Yao was races to her family
ReplyDeleteI think is gonna be about a girl and how she used t live
ReplyDeleteI think this book is about a girl who is an immigrant and is living a very hard life.
ReplyDeleteit is true that it says that we are immigrants because it is in the book and Mr Yao is never fair to Mia her dad and mom
ReplyDeleteI think it's about a girl who just moved to america and it's pretty rough.
ReplyDeletei was thinking about that too
DeleteI first thought she worked at the hotel
ReplyDeleteI think that Front Desk is about how Mia and her parents are trying to get a job to make money. They want more money than they have so that they can get a house that they do not have to crowd. This is what I think is what Front Desk is about.
ReplyDeleteWhat I think it is about is Mia and her family find a job,and she moves into a motel, but not a big one. The motel owner, Mr. Yao, would pay them if only they cleaned up the motel. And, Mia tries new things, especially being in the front desk.
ReplyDeleteI think Front Desk is about immigrants.Also Mr. Yao is unfair or even rude to Mia and her mom and her dad.This is also about Mia and her mom and her dad are living a hard life because they don't have a lot of money.Also on how Mia is not that good at do a good job.
ReplyDeleteI think it's about a girl who just moved to america and it's pretty rough.
ReplyDeleteI agree
DeleteI think its about a girl who was an immigrant with her mother and father. They had to leave behind some family in china but they wanted to move to America for a better life. But they had to leave them which may have caused some sadness. But they got used to it. They find a job and work together earning money. And Mia was the person that runs the front desk. They also live there. But they have some things that get in the way.
ReplyDeleteI think that Front Desk is about how Mia and her parents are trying to get a job to make money. They want more money than they have so that they can get a house that they do not have to crowd. This is what I think is what Front Desk is about.
ReplyDeleteI think that Front Desk is about a family that just moved from China to Calafornia. When they got there they thought that they were going too have the Amercian dream. But they didnt know how hard it was actually going too be. They didn't know that it was going too be a little hard to get a job or earn money to live in a house not their car. For the first 2 years it was hard for them, They didnt even have money for Mia, Mom, and Dad to have a full meal, but they had to share a meal. Like one day they were going to the Musem and they orderd a burger. It was one of the first things on Mia's list for one of the thing's that Mia wanted to do.
ReplyDeleteI think it's about a girl (Mia Tang) and she and her family came from China to the USA and are immigrants and want to make some money to get a house but then Mr. Yao gave them less money and made a different deal that they wont get paid for first 10 customers and the weeklies,and they are losing lots of money with that new deal.
ReplyDeleteI think that it will be about Mia's life in America. It will be about her at the front desk handling the costumers. I think that because the title is front desk. I think she will keep reliving memories in her mind, because it started off in a memory. Mr.Yao sounds like a tricky person because her Mom had to bring up a payment.
ReplyDeleteI think it is about Mia, who wants to run a motel, for her parents to make money so they don't have to live in a crowded place. I think that because they need to buy a house and a new car and Mia knows that. So Mia is going to try to help because she is confident and she wants to try to make it up to her parents.
ReplyDeleteI think that font desk is about Mia Tang and her parents are hiding Immigrants in Mr. Yao's Motel. Mr. Yao owns the motel and doesn't like immigrant's. Mia Tang is an Immigrant from china. She knows very little English, but would like to be an Author. Mia Tang meets many people on her journey. Including the motel weeklies and the children from school. Mia Tang learns a lot during the story.
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ReplyDeleteIs about how she grow up in a litter car and beaing the maneger of a hotel to show how her life was when she was 10 or 11 years old in this story for kids to see her life in the book
ReplyDeleteIs about how she grow up in a litter car and beaing the maneger of a hotel to show how her life was when she was 10 or 11 years old in this story for kids to see her life in the book
ReplyDeleteI think it is about a girl working at a motel.
ReplyDeleteI think it's about a 10 year old girl named mia she is an immigrant with her parents she works at the front desk at the motel that they stay at. she wants to be a writer but her mum thinks she can't.
ReplyDeleteI think this book is about a girl life living with her immigrants parents in a motel and Mr Yao is never fair to mia her dad and mom.
ReplyDeleteI think this book is about a girl who's name is Mia, lives in a motel , her parents hie immigrants in the motel, and she wants to be a writer. he is going through a rough year.
ReplyDeleteI think it go to about is a girl living in a motel and the owner of the motel.
ReplyDeleteI think this book will be about a little girl who works at a front desk in her motel ,helping her parents pay taxes and bills for them to live in the motel room.
ReplyDeleteI think it go to about is a girl living in a motel and the owner of the motel.
ReplyDeleteI think it's about a 10 year old girl named mia she is an immigrant with her parents she works at the front desk at the motel that they stay at. she wants to be a writer but her mum thinks she can't.
ReplyDeleteI think this book will be about a little girl living and her car with her mom and dad. And she wants to be a writer
ReplyDeleteI think front desk is about Mia and how she maneges the front desk.
ReplyDeleteI think that front desk is going to be about Mia and her parents who came from China to the USA to try to have a better life but when they get their they realize that it is going to be a lot harder than they thought.
ReplyDeleteI think Mia's parents will get caught hiding imigrants and she will have to save them. In the end I think she will become a famous writer.
ReplyDeleteI think its about how mia and her parents who come from chinia and they try and live a new life
ReplyDeleteI started it and I wasn't sure but I read more and I got hooked.
ReplyDeleteI think its about a girl who runs a motel.
ReplyDeleteI think front desk is about a girl who works at a motel.
ReplyDeletei think is about a girl that works at a motel and got paid a little
ReplyDeleteit was a good book so far.
ReplyDeletei likke that she is curious
ReplyDeletedont like it
ReplyDeletei lik that she curious
ReplyDeletei think its about a responsible girl with a job at the front desk and learns how to spell english
ReplyDeletei think its about mia working at the front desk and learning english
ReplyDeletei like that
ReplyDeleteis steak on the summer for fun with family in friends
ReplyDeleteI like the story so fa it has great details leading to a great conflict being resolved in the end :>
ReplyDeleteI feel like its telling us dont be greedy or a bad person and racist and think about the people in the inside than the outside
ReplyDeleteI think the front desk is about a girl having a hard time when moving from her home town but it gets better. It probably tells us about people on the outside and inside as well.
ReplyDeleteI think that the front desk is going to be about Mia is going to get Jason not to act like his dad after she figures out how bad he is while Mia and Jason are growing together wether Mia parents like the job they might keep it and everything that Mrs yang said about America can come true.
ReplyDeleteI think that the front desk is going to be about this family moving to a new place and have no money then there going to get jobs and get some money and there Mai is going to try to help her parents.
ReplyDeleteI think that Front desk is going to be about a girl who works at a hotel and starts working there. Everytime she goes to do her work she starts loving her job.
ReplyDeleteI think that the front desk is going to be about Mia is going to get Jason not to act like his dad after she figures out how bad he is while Mia and Jason are growing together wether Mia parents like the job they might keep it and everything that Mrs yang said about America can come true.
ReplyDeleteI think front desk is about an immigrant family with a very stressful life.
ReplyDeleteI think that the Front Desk is going to be about, that Mia is going to have to manage a hotel to make money.
ReplyDeleteIt about a girl who has her parents as a managers her mom work cleaning and her dad too. Mia hang want to do a desk work and she works at front of the desk a customer arrived to ask for a manager.
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