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1. Front desk
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Lexile measure:
640L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
Description:
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...
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Front desk novel volume 5
Language:
English
Description:
"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... 1. Mia's camp is full of older kids, with famous relatives, fancy laptops, and major connections!...
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Series:
Front desk novel volume 6
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
Description:
"Jason Yao has a secret . . . actually, lots of secrets! For one thing, it's hard being a professional chef, helping to run a motel, and being a regular kid! And now that Mia Tang is officially his girlfriend, Jason's life has reached a whole new level of exciting--and terrifying! After all, Mia is amazing, and Jason is . . . just Jason. But he's determined to be the best boyfriend ever, and he knows exactly what he needs to do: 1. Plan the perfect...
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Publisher:
Expert Author Press
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
The sad truth is that most orthodontic offices miss four to five calls from leads looking to start treatment every single day. Why? Because the front desk is the most important AND most overlooked position in your practice. The nation's fastest-growing orthodontists know that investing in hiring, training, and healthy office culture builds a team of scheduling coordinators that turn leads into new patients. In the first book of the paradigm-shifting...
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Publisher:
The Wild Rose Press, Inc
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
Description:
Toby MacPherson is guilty…and innocent, and Wendee Miller is on the run. Both street wise and life weary, neither are looking for any complications. Yet, life does seems to happen when you least expect it and when these two meet the attraction is palpable. Both employed by the Hotel Del Coronado, their meeting time and again seems unavoidable. Where Toby is drawn to her vivacious personality, Wendee can't help but be intrigued by the shy giant....
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Publisher:
Ortho Boost
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
Description:
The Ultimate Front Desk Guide for Orthodontists is the definitive resource for orthodontic practices looking to convert more leads into loyal, long-term patients. Written by Dr. Tyler Coles, an orthodontist who scaled his practice from 2 to 7 locations in just five years, this guide outlines the crucial role a well-trained front desk team plays in achieving exceptional practice growth. Combining Dr. Coles' expertise in both orthodontics and marketing,...
7. Three keys
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Pub. Date:
2020
Lexile measure:
710L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing! But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic."--Publisher.
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Series:
Front desk novel volume 3
Lexile measure:
650L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"After years of hard work, Mia Tang finally gets to go on vacation with her family--to China! A total dream come true. Mia can't wait to see all her cousins and grandparents again, especially her cousin Shen. As she roams around Beijing, witnessing some of the big changes China's going through, Mia thinks about the changes in her own life, like . . . 1. Lupe's taking classes at the high school! And Mia's own plans to be a big writer are . . . stuck....
9. Key player
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Lexile measure:
600L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang! Mia Tang is playing to win! The Women’s World Cup is coming to Southern California, and everyone has soccer fever -- especially Mia Tang! The U.S. team is playing China in the finals, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming together. But when her P.E. teacher gives her a C, Mia tries to pull up her grade by scoring...
10. Parachute kids
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Pub. Date:
2023
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 250L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
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This funny, fast-paced, and heartrending story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants is perfect for fans of New Kid and Front Desk. A DREAM TRIP TO AMERICA TURNS INTO A NIGHTMARE! Feng-Li can't wait to discover America with her family! But after an action-packed vacation, her parents deliver shocking news: They are returning to Taiwan and leaving Feng-Li and her older siblings in California on their own. Suddenly,...
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Zoe Washington volume 1
Lexile measure:
660L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
"Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her twelfth birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a terrible crime"--
12. The Beach Club
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English
Average Rating:
2 stars
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The exclusive Nantucket Beach Club and Hotel is where memories are made, friendships begun, and passions ignited. Now, during one unforgettable summer, the lives of five men and women who walk through its doors will be changed forever.
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
"The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker--how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and the most visible leader of the Trump resistance"--
14. The wake-up call
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Publisher:
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
"Two hotel receptionists--and archrivals--find a collection of old wedding rings and compete to return them to their owners, discovering their own love story along the way. It's the busiest season of the year, and Forest Manor Hotel is quite literally falling apart. So when Izzy and Lucas are given the same shift on the hotel's front desk, they have no choice but to put their differences aside and see it through. The hotel won't stay afloat beyond...
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English
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This "intriguing and chilling" WWII history follows thirteen ordinary German women who worked—and killed—on the Eastern Front (Chicago Tribune).
A National Book Award Finalist
Drawing on twenty years of archival research and fieldwork, Wendy Lower introduces thirteen women who took jobs in Nazi-occupied Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus. She presents startling evidence that these women were more than "desk murderers" or...
A National Book Award Finalist
Drawing on twenty years of archival research and fieldwork, Wendy Lower introduces thirteen women who took jobs in Nazi-occupied Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus. She presents startling evidence that these women were more than "desk murderers" or...
16. We'll meet again
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Lexile measure:
840L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
At the heart of Mary Higgins Clark's stunning new novel of suspense is a brutal murder: that of Gary Lasch, a respected and successful young Greenwich, Connecticut, doctor and hospital and HMO head. He was found dead at his desk at home, his skull crushed by a blow with a Remington bronze sculpture, a prized piece from his art collection. The news strikes Greenwich society like a thunderbolt -- as does the news that Molly Carpenter Lasch, the beautiful...
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Series:
Scarpetta volume 17
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Kay Scarpetta--now a senior forensic analyst for CNN--becomes embroiled in a surreal plot that includes a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionairess with whom her niece Lucy seems to have shared a secret past. Kay has offered her services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of unexpected and...
18. Drawing home
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Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Description:
When Sag Harbor's most famous resident, artist Henry Wyatt, dies suddenly, Emma Mapson finds herself in a battle against Henry's former business partner, Bea Winstead, when they discover that Henry has left his waterfront home to Emma's teenage daughter, Penny.
19. Keep her safe
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
"She's the most famous murder victim in America. What if she's not dead? Pushed to the breaking point, Cara Burrows flees her home and family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can't afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself into her hotel room and is shocked to find it already occupied -- by a man and a teenage girl. A simple mistake at the front desk... but soon Cara realizes that the girl she saw alive and well in...
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Publisher:
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date:
[2008]
Language:
English
Description:
Disgruntled Phoenix officeworker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She only gets to meet her lover Sam during lunch breaks and they cannot get married because of Sam's alimony high payments. One Friday, Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and run, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam's California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off...