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• Jumanji

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  This was one of my favorite movies growing up! It's about a board game that becomes all too real. I still think about the haunting drums in this movie.

• Lotería

  Valenti, Karla

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  This is a middle grade novel about a girl caught in the middle of a game of Lotería played by Life and La Catrina (Lady Death). It is magical and moving! It got to my heart.

• Wander Lost

  Martin, Laura

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  From Bibliocommons: "Forbidden to play board games by their mother, who suddenly disappears, twins Rhett and Nash learn their family has the ability to enter the world of any game they want -- a gift that comes with a high price -- and must break…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Through the Looking-glass

  Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898

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  Alice finds herself in a landscape built like a chess board. Her opponent? The Red Queen!

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  Rowling, J. K.

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  Harry encounters a life-sized game of chess and must play alongside his friends in order to save his school and possibly the world.

• Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library

  the Graphic Novel. 1

  Grabenstein, Chris

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  From Bibliocommons: "Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gauntlet

  Riazi, Karuna

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  From Bibliocommons: "When twelve-year-old Farah and her two best friends get sucked into a mechanical board game called The Gauntlet of Blood and Sand--a puzzle game akin to a large Rubik's cube--they know it's up to them to defeat the game's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

  Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898

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  Always remember, just like Alice says, our problems are just a pack of cards!

• Jumanji

  Van Allsburg, Chris

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  This is the source material for the movie of the same name.

• Zathura

  Chris Van Allsburg

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  This is by the same author as Jumanji. From Bibliocommons: "On the last page of the Caldecott-winning book Jumanji, young Danny Budwing is seen running after his brother, Walter, with a game tucked under his arm. Now twenty years later, Chris Van…Read moreRead more of this annotation