The Garden of Abdul GasaziFrom the astonishing imagination of Chris Van Allsburg (Jumanji, The Polar Express) A Caldecott Honor Book Sometimes that very thin line between illusion and reality is not as clearly defined as we would like it to be. It certainly wasn't the day that Alan Mitz stumbled into the garden of Abdul Gasazi. For in this bizarre and eerie placewhere strange topiary trees loomedthe eerie visage of Gasazi casts its shadow. And even after Alan escapes, the

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