"Do you want to leave the world behind? Then this game is for you. The first one to finish and shout 'Jumanji' wins the game." 

But you must finish. Because with the first throw of the dice strange things start to happen. Peter and Judy find they must face lions, Crocodiles, rhinoceroses and a hunter with a big gun.

Can they finish the game before it finishes them?

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Chapter 1 Brantford, New Hampshire, 1969
Chapter 2 The Game Starts
Chapter 3 1995
Chapter 4 Four to Play
Chapter 5 Playing the Game
Chapter 6 Things Get Worse
Chapter 7 More and More Animals
Chapter 8 Down and Down
Chapter 9 1969 Again
Chapter 10 1995

- Level 2 Elementary (600 words)
- Contemporary
- British English