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Cover of Around the WorldNominee2012

Around the World

by Matt Phelan

Nominated 2 times. Each year the judges shortlist only a handful of books in each category, so a nomination is a mark of a book the comics world rates among the best of its year.

Good for
Teens
About
Memoir and real lives, Adventure
Edition
Candlewick Press / 235 pages / ISBN 9780763636197
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