A Great Read for Kids and Language Enthusiasts

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	• The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster Bullseye Books, 1988 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 549 reviews view larger image
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A Great Read for Kids and Language Enthusiasts

Norton Juster's Phantom Tollbooth is probably one of the most under appreciated books in fantasy. Milo's adventure to save Rhyme and Reason will give many a chuckle along the way for those who appreciate well timed puns, illogical reasoning, or other fun with syntax and spelling.

Pure and enjoyable for children and adults who like to feel young too.

Wonderful!

This whole book is one big play on words; Juster is a genius, plain and simple. I enjoyed this book as a child, and now as an adult I appreciate the ingenuity of the author.

A perfect book for any age. Perhaps even better for adults than children!

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6th grade boy review

In Nortan Juster's "Phantom Tollbooth" a miserable kid named Milo finds a box in his room that has something in it that will change his life. It's a tollbooth.

During this story, Milo finds a box in his room. He opens it and to his surprise he finds a tollbooth. Having nothing better to do he plays with it not knowing that he will be transported to another dimension, meet strange people, have exciting adventures, and save two princesses named Rhyme and Reason saving the whole world.

I'm a sixth grader and in the book there is no action. The story is kind of boring but there is a lot of suspense. When I ended a chapter I wanted to read more just to find out what happened. Sometimes I could not understand what the characters were saying. I don't recommend this for my peers.

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Awesome!

This entire book is a hilarious play on words, from Tock the watchdog to the Doldrums, yet behind the clever wit, wording, and humor, there is a far more serious story with a complex plot.

The Phantom Tollbooth By: Norton Juster

In this story, a tollbooth appears in Milo's room and he drives through it and finds a whole other world! There, he meets a ticking watchdog named Tock, visits the two rivaling kingdoms of Dictionopolis and Digitopolis, and even enters an impossible quest to rescue the princesses of Ryhme and Reason. Along the way, Milo learns a surprising secret: life is far from boring-it's more exciting than he ever imagined!

The two main characters in the story are Milo and Tock. Milo is a sensible little fellow who is very courageous and intelligent. He gets any job done right. Tock is a crazy watchdog who will make you laugh over and over again. He is very helpful.

The setting is something that changes a lot in the story. It takes place in present day. Milo and Tock visit places like Expectations, where they first started off, The Doldrums, where nothing ever changes and no one ever thinks, Dictionopolis, where words are the highlight of the city, the rivalring city, Digitopolis, where numbers are the highlight, Reality, where no sound is ever heard, The Island of Conclusions, where you go to if you jump to conclusions, and finally, the dreaded Mountains of Ignorance, where Milo and Tock rescue Ryhme and Reason.

I think the theme that the author wants to tell you is that life is very unexpected and you shouldn't underestimate what it can do. Life isn't boring. If you think about it, it's more exciting then people think.

I loved this book because it wasn't your average plot. The author is so descriptive and exact that the book seems to take you in and make you feel like you're there, watching the whole thing. The author went WAY past just painting a picture in your mind. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good adventure or who loves to laugh!

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