Room to Dream (Front Desk #3)

"Room to Dream" by Kelly Yang is fantastic! It's a middle-grade book that reminds me of my childhood, and I love it because it also teaches valuable lessons. I'm a fan of Kelly Yang and her works, and I admire her for overcoming discrimination in her childhood. She also writes columns and loves writing, just like I do. The book presents a challenge to the main characters, Mia, Lupe, and Jason, and I love the plot twists, characters, and writing. I would give it 5 stars and it's my favorite! Here are some quotes I found in this amazing book!

"I blinked my eyes hard before a tear could escape. Stop it, I told myself. Getting a rejection is normal, part of being a professional writer."

"And why’d my nai nai have to make that comment about me getting tan? Who cared what color my skin was? And my lao lao, thinking boys were better at math?
They’d said similar things to me when I was little, many, many times. But now, the colorism and sexism made me feel itchy and scratchy under the thick blanket. China wasn’t the only thing that’d changed. I’d changed too."

"Just like America, on the outside it might look like a big happy Gap Kids commercial—but for most folks, the reality was far from perfect."
"And so they took the great leap of courage to come to America, not knowing that what awaited them on the other side was an ocean of uncertainty.’ ”

“Sometimes a loss isn’t really a loss,” he said with a wink. “It’s an opportunity. You just can’t see it yet.”

"I hope the kindness in people never changes, no matter how tall or fancy the buildings get.
I learned a lot about my homeland on this trip, and even though it isn’t perfect, I’ll always be proud of it because it is where I came from"

"People keep things bottled up inside for all sorts of reasons,”