The Horn Book Magazine, November 1st, 2002
illus. by the author 32 pp. Houghton 10/02 ISBN 0-618-25396-3 18.00 (Primary)
Van Allsburg's Jumanji (rev. 7/81) concludes: "Two boys were running through the park. They were Danny and Walter Budwing, and Danny had a long, thin box under his arm." An unspoken question hangs in the air--will they play the game? Twenty years later, Zathura supplies the answer: of course they will. Danny looks inside the JUMANJI box and finds a second game board hidden below the jungle adventure. This one shows "flying saucers, rockets, and planets in outer space, with a path of colored squares leading from Ea...
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