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From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a poignant middle grade novel about courage, hope, and resilience as an Asian American boy fights to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus. When the coronavirus hits Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox Wei-Evans's mom makes the last-minute decision to move him and his siblings back to California, where they think they will be safe. Suddenly, Knox has two days to prepare for an international move--and for leaving his dad, who has to stay for work. At his new school in California, Knox struggles with being the new kid. His classmates think that because he's from Asia, he must have brought over the virus. At home, Mom just got fired and is panicking over the loss of health insurance, and Dad doesn't even know when he'll see them again, since the flights have been cancelled. And everyone struggles with Knox's blurting-things-out problem. As racism skyrockets during COVID-19, Kno

《懼裂/The Substance》的血腥逆齡，遇上《黃色臉孔/Yellowface》的身份竊取：Kelly Yang 寫下好萊塢最殘酷的換血遊戲。在本書《The Take》中，Kelly Yang 以冷冽而犀利的筆調，展開一場關於青春、權力與掠奪的心理角力。落魄的亞裔美籍作家 Maggie Wang，收到一筆難以拒絕的提議：過氣的好萊塢製片 Ingrid Parker 願意支付三百萬美元，換取十次實驗性「逆齡」療程，由 Maggie 作為輸血夥伴。對 Ingrid 而言，這是挽救事業與青春的機會；對 Maggie 而言，則是翻身與實現寫作夢想的門票。交易很快超出金錢層面，成為一場互相利用、彼此試探的心理博弈。隨著權力天平傾斜，兩人都開始質疑：成功的代價是什麼？又該由誰來承擔？本書被形容為「The Substance meets Yellowface」，兼具話題性與娛樂性，直指年齡焦慮與族裔權力結構。Addictive, timely, and hugely entertaining, The Take is a novel about how far you'd go to have it all - and who you might sacrifice to get it. Perfect for fans of Yellowface and The Other Black Girl.'The Substance meets Yellowface' PEOPLE'A juicy, twisty take on aging, success, and race . . . sure to be one of the hottest books of spring' MARIE CLAIRE----------------THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS TO GET AHEAD IN THIS WORLD - YOU EITHER MAKE SOMETHING OR TAKE SOMETHING.Maggie Wang, a broke young Asian American writer, needs a lifeline. Ingrid Parker, a veteran white Hollywood producer with her c

Front DeskMia Tang has a lot of secrets:1. She lives in a motel, not a big house. 2.Her parents hide immigrants. 3. She wants to be a writer.It will take all of Mia's courage, kindness, and hard work to get through this year. Will she be able to hold on to her job, help the immigrants and guests, and go for her dreams?Perfect for fans of Boy At the Back of the Class and A Kind of Spark.Three KeysThe 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:1. She and her parents have a motel.2. She gets to run the front desk. 3.She's finally getting somewhere with her writing. But, on a rollercoaster of challenges, Mia will need all her determination to hang on tight. If anyone can find the key to getting through turbulent times, it's Mia Tang.Room To Dream Mia Tang is going for her dreams:1. She's finally going on holiday to se

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a poignant middle grade novel about courage, hope, and resilience as an Asian American boy fights to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus.When the coronavirus hits Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox Wei-Evans’s mom makes the last-minute decision to move him and his siblings back to California, where they think they will be safe. Suddenly, Knox has two days to prepare for an international move—and for leaving his dad, who has to stay for work.At his new school in California, Knox struggles with being the new kid. His classmates think that because he’s from Asia, he must have brought over the virus. At home, Mom just got fired and is panicking over the loss of health insurance, and Dad doesn’t even know when he’ll see them again, since the flights have been cancelled. And everyone struggles with Knox’s blurting-things-out problem.As racism skyrockets during COVID-19, Knox tr