Front Desk (Front Desk #1) (Scholastic Gold)

by Kelly Yang

I wondered which was better—to have had something for just a second and then have it taken away, or to have never had it at all.

Here, everything had a price, even kindness.

“Sometimes a mistake is actually an opportunity, but we just can’t see it right then and there.

“Being rich doesn’t mean you’re generous.

“Don’t be sorry. Be better,” Hank said. “Next time you accuse a black man, stop and think.”