by Kelly Yang
In the book Three Keys, Mia’s motel is a success, with no vacancy for over five days. Lupe, her best friend, comes over every day to help out at the front desk, to check in new customers. They go to school, and they have a new teacher for 6th grade, Ms. Welch. Mia thinks Ms. Welch is very close minded since she supports this new law to not allow illegal immigrants into school. Since Lupe is an illegal immigrant, she won’t be able to go to school anymore, but she likes going to school, so Mia and her set up a support club just for anyone who wants to talk about their feelings.
I liked this book because it talks about real world issues and how illegal immigrants are scapegoats. It’s a good book that gives us a good perspective on what is happening right now in our society. I liked this story because of the plot. Many books are very predictable but this was not. One example is that You would think mia’ motel would get sold but it doesn’t because she thinks of a brilliant idea to save it. I also liked how original this book was. I never read a book like this, and I liked it very much. All the little plots were tied together in the end, and it made a lot more sense.
Overall I thought this was an inspiring book.
Read my review on Kelly Yang’s third book of the motel series, Room to Dream.
In the book Clap When You Land, the father of two 15 year old girls dies in a plane crash. Camilo is from the Dominican Republic and Yahari is from New York. Both are devastated after hearing the news of the crash. As each family tries to sort things out, the families find that the two girls are sisters. The father had a secret second life with another family. The realization of the truth sparks confusion and fury.