new year

After accidentally ruining his family's haft-seen, a display of seven traditional items to bring luck in the Persian New Year, young Kian finds seven unusual items to replace them. Includes facts about Nowruz.

The Castle in the Clouds is a hotel on top of a Swiss mountain. Its glory days may be behind it, but every year for New Year's the staff never fails to celebrate the great dance, returning the hotel to its former splendor. Seventeen-year-old Fanny, one of the hotel's staff, is working to keep the guests happy and comfortable when she discovers something off about some of the guests--they are not who they are pretending to be. There is a Russian woman who claims to possess a diamond worth millions of dollars, and a boy named Tristan, who is attractive, sure, but who prefers to climb the outer face of the hotel instead of its stairs. Fanny, putting her job at risk, goes to investigate.

Ava Gabriela is excited to celebrate the New Year with her extended family in Colombia, but being around her loud relatives in an unfamiliar place makes her shy and quiet. Includes author's note and glossary of Spanish words.

Mindy is excited to go to the annual Korean Lunar New Year Parade in her new hometown. But things just aren't the same without Mom this year. Can Mindy still find a way to celebrate?.

"During the languid days of the Christmas break, a group of friends from Oxford meet to welcome in the New Year together, a tradition they began as students ten years ago. They arrive at an idyllic estate in the Scottish Highlands on December 30th, just before a historic blizzard seals the lodge off from the outside world. Two days later, one of them is dead, and another of them did it"--OCLC.

"Mindy is excited to go to the Lunar New Year parade in her new town with her father and her friend Sally"--OCLC.

Unless Ghoulia can discover the name of a young ghost, who arrived at Crumbling Manor just before the "Dead but Not Departed" New Year's Eve Party, he will vanish forever.

When Shant? is sent to find black-eyed peas for her family's New Year's celebration, she learns about each of her neighbor's New Year's traditions in their home countries.

While celebrating the New Year with a friend, Sammy encounters a mystery involving an elderly neighbor, a pioneer cabin, and a century-old family feud.

Examines the history of New Year's Day, a holiday observed around the world, and looks at traditions associated with the celebration.