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    Holidays Around the World
    Holidays Around the World
    Holidays Around the World
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    Holidays Around the World

    By Wil Mara

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    Get ready to celebrate! People around the world look forward to different holidays and honor them with special traditions. Learn about the many types of holidays and how they're celebrated in this engaging series that develops kids' understanding of our diverse global community and their place in it.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateAug 1, 2020
    ISBN9781977147097
    Holidays Around the World
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    Wil Mara

    Wil Mara is the award-winning novelist of the 2005 disaster thriller 'Wave.' His second book in the disaster group, The Gemini Virus,' was released by Macmillan Publishing in October of 2012 to tremendous reviews by consumers and critics alike. In 2013, he released the first book in a new suspense series, 'Frame 232,' which features pivotal character Jason Hammond. 'Frame 232' begins with the discovery of new evidence concerning the Kennedy assassination. Wil has finished the second Jason Hammond novel, 'The Nevada Testament,' and is now developing the next story in the disaster series, 'Fallout.'

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