Three Keys
Ratings12
Average rating4.3
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…
1. Mia’s new teacher doesn’t think her writing is all that great.
2. The motel is struggling, and Mia has to answer to the Calivista’s many, many worried investors.
3. A new immigration law is looming and if it passes, it will threaten everything—and everyone—in Mia’s life.
It’s a roller coaster of challenges, and Mia needs all of her determination to hang on tight. But if anyone can find the key to getting through turbulent times, it’s Mia Tang!
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5 primary booksFront Desk
Front Desk is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2018 with contributions by Kelly Yang.
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While Front Desk was a wonderful story that was framed by social issues, it's sequel is too much frame and not enough picture. It's not terrible but it's clumsily done.
Three Keys
Overall Rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (4/5) or 8.42/10 overall
A quick and delightful read, as well as a fantastic sequel! Can't wait to read Room to Dream! :D
Characters - 8
Atmosphere - 8
Writing - 9
Plot - 9
Intrigue - 8
Logic - 8
Enjoyment - 9
OK first of all can I just say that I loved [b:Front Desk 36127488 Front Desk (Front Desk, #1) Kelly Yang https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1507986199l/36127488.SX50.jpg 51903030] but I DID NOT REALIZE it was historical fiction because it still feels SO FUCKING TIMELY. But this sequel grounds it a little bit more in specific anti-immigration policies (different from our current dumb anti-immigration policies) and I was like, hold the phone, it's the early 90s in here?? which makes sense because these kids are younger and poor and don't have cutting edge technology anyway. And otherwise the struggles are timeless.Also god can we please stop having so many terrible fucking policies in this country?? BADBut umm this book is great, though. Mia remains SUCH a great narrator, such a realistic kid voice who has these big ideas despite her limited means, and such a keenly developed sense of injustice. LOVE HER. And I love that, like Front Desk, this book does NOT mince words about how shitty the circumstances are for Mia and for her friends, but it remains hopeful and extends such grace even to, for example, their racist 6th grade teacher.FUCKING GREAT. I'M CRYING JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.
