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The christmas genie, dan gutman, oct 6, 2009, juvenile fiction, 160 pages. Dan gutman has 228 books on goodreads with 232698 ratings. Buy gymnastics by dan gutman from boomerang books, australias online independent bookstore. Publication order of baseball card adventures books.