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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2018
  • Latest Book:
    March 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Front Desk Novel

1 - Front Desk (Jun-2018)
2 - Three Keys (Sep-2020)
3 - Room to Dream (Sep-2021)
4 - Key Player (Sep-2022)
5 - Top Story (Sep-2023)

Book List in Order: 12 titles



  • Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parent...



  • Speak enters the world of Gossip Girl in this modern immigrant story from New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang about two girls navigating wealth, power, friendship, and trauma. They're called parachutes: teenagers dropped off to live in p...



  • The story of Mia and her family and friends at the Calivista Motel continues in this powerful, hilarious, and resonant sequel to the award-winning novel Front Desk. Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents...



  • New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang is back with another heartwarming and inspiring story of Mia and friends!Mia Tang is going for her dreams!After years of hard work, Mia Tang finally gets to go on vacation with her family -- to China! A to...



  • An instant #1 New York Times bestseller!This “timely and compelling” (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade novel about courage, hope, and resilience follows an Asian American boy fighting to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the init...



  • From #1 NYT bestselling author Kelly Yang comes a gorgeously illustrated picture book about Asian American changemakers doing everything they dreamed of and inspiring all of us to reach for new heights!From creating beautiful music like Yo-Yo Ma to f...



  • The Devil Wears Prada meets Far from the Tree in #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang’s powerful love story about two teens searching for their place in the world. Serene dreams of making couture dresses even more stunning than her mo...



  • Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang!Mia Tang is play to win!The Women’s World Cup is coming to Southern California, and everyone has soccer fever -- especially Mia Tang! The ...



  • From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” (Booklist, starred review) middle grade novel about a young girl who leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, and learns abou...






  • See below for English description. Mia Tang a beaucoup de secrets. Le premier, c’est qu’au lieu d’habiter une grande maison, elle vit dans un motel. Tous les jours, pendant que ses parents immigrants font le ménage des chambres, Mia s’occupe...



  • The New York Times bestselling Front Desk series continues!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...



  • From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes the sequel to Finally Seen in which Lina gets a phone and tries to navigate social media, only to discover not everything online is what it seems.When ten-year-old Lina Gao sees her mom...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kelly Yang has published 12 books.

Kelly Yang does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Finally Heard, was published in March 2024.

The first book by Kelly Yang, Front Desk, was published in June 2018.

Yes. Kelly Yang has 1 series.