By Van Hoang
A girl sent to work off a debt at her aunt's nail salon ends up trying to save it - and finding her family.
Twelve-year-old Domi Pham had the whole summer planned, and then one expensive mistake blew it up. Now she owes her parents big, and they've shipped her off to New Mexico to work three months at her Auntie Q's nail salon. Domi arrives sulking, but as she gets to know Auntie Q and the regulars, she starts to see how hard they all work and how much the place means. When she learns the salon might close for good, the punishment turns into a mission - and Domi throws everything she's got into saving it.
This is warm, funny, and easy to root for - a Vietnamese American family, a struggling small business, and a child who has to earn her way back. It sits right next to Kelly Yang's Front Desk for the child who likes a real family and a real problem to solve. Nothing scary happens; the stakes are a beloved salon and a girl growing up a little, so a gentle reader gets a satisfying story with a big heart and a happy amount of hustle.