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During the languid days of the Christmas break, a group of thirtysomething friends from Oxford meet to welcome in the New Year together, a tradition they began as students ten years ago. For this vacation, they've chosen an idyllic and isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands--the perfect place to get away and unwind by themselves. They arrive on December 30th, just before a historic blizzard seals the lodge off from the outside world. But after...
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Virgin River volume 12
Pub. Date
2010
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1) At the inaugural New Year's Eve party at Jack's Bar, two lonely revellers decide the best balm for their broken hearts might just be each other. 2) When a flinty lawyer with a bad boy addiction meets the quintessential nice guy, sparks fly that fulfill their desires of life and love. 3) Working over the holidays on a messy bank takeover is made worse for two federal specialists by an ill-advised kiss that will never happen again.
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Lucy Stone mysteries volume 12
Pub. Date
[2005]
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Winning mother/daughter makeovers in Manhattan from "Jolie" magazine, Lucy Stone and her daughter Elizabeth witness a murder that casts a negative light on several high-style fashionistas and places Elizabeth's life in danger.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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The Chinese New Year is an important Chinese festival that is celebrated by Chinese people worldwide. Readers will learn that people celebrate this holiday by giving gifts, praying for good fortune, decorating with red and lanterns, and enjoying time with family and friends.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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For two joyous weeks red is all around. The color represents luck and happiness. Children receive money wrapped in red paper, and friends and loved ones exchange poems written on red paper. The Chinese New Year is also an opportunity to remember ancestors, and to wish peace and happiness to friends and family. The holiday ends with the Festival of Lanterns, as many large communities stage the famous Dragon Dance. Fireworks, parades, lanterns, presents,...
11) Lunar New Year
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Pub. Date
2018.
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Learn all about the Chinese festival known by many names: Chinese New Year, Spring Festival and Lunar New Year.
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How to catch-- volume 9
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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A real, wily dragon winds through streets in China, eluding the traps set by a group of children during the Chinese New Year celebration.
13) New Year's Day
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Pub. Date
1964
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Traces the origin of the custom of celebrating New Year's Day and tells how it is observed in many parts of the world.
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Miss Fortune Mystery volume 24
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Beckett Rousseau is the firstborn son of one of New Orleans' most prominent families. He's the quintessential golden boy--great looks, money, and a political career in his future--until his wife murders him. Or at least that's what everyone thinks. Athena Durand is still reeling from her murder conviction but now that it's overturned, she's at a loss on how to proceed with her life. As long as people still believe she's guilty, she has no future in...
18) Chinese New Year
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2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Chinese New Year. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
19) Calamity town
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1945, c1942
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Looking for trouble, Ellery Queen descends on a small town At the tail end of the long summer of 1940, there is nowhere in the country more charming than Wrightsville. The Depression has abated, and for the first time in years the city is booming. There is hope in Wrightsville, but Ellery Queen has come looking for death. The mystery author is hoping for fodder for a novel, and he senses the corruption that lurks beneath the apple pie façade....