Club de lectura: Tres claves de Kelly Yang: Desafíos, determinación e integridad

Please read The Front Desk ( and hopefully join a class of mine for the discussion) prior to Three Keys.  This book lends itself to an outstanding discussion focused class as the learners dig deeply into all elements of the exposition of the novel including thematic discussions, powerfully created characters that come to life for the reader through their actions, decisions, and motives. The characters are placed into a setting of the motel in Anaheim, CA during a difficult time of  racism, prejudice and strong emotions as it is set in the midst of the voting of Proposition 187 and elections.  The succession of events tied closely to actual events in history lead the learners through a time period of turmoil and strong capacity to show what the characters inner traits really are.  The learning and discussions  include figurative language, focus on themes and decisions, settings, vocabulary, learning of actual events during the time of the book and the reasons why the author felt compelled to write the novel. Conflicts, climax, resolution will also be vital parts of the class discussions.
Kelly Lang has again outdone herself with a novel that gives the opportunities for strong learning during an important time in history. It raises the question regarding if the country has learned and grown rom these times.After reading  THe Front Desk, I found it excellent to see how the characters were changing, adapting, and making decisions. 
**Please read Front Desk first and this book also represents a great opportunity for parents to read and discuss at home.  The class will be discussion-based with chapter reading assignments in between classes.  Class meetings are held in a discussion format focusing on themes, historical elements, character development and decisions, vocabulary, figurative language, rising action, resolutions, and more in a lively and energetic manner that leads to opportunities to connect ourselves with characters , their background, choices etc and learn / focus on powerful lessons the characters learn and remind the reader.

Prior to class 1, please research Proposition 187 to understand the background and read the Author's notes in the back of the novel to learn Kelly Yang's motivation for writing this sequel.
For class one:  Please read to end of page 116
For second class: Please read to end of page 231
For third class: Please read to end of book.