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The Phantom Tollbooth The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster

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Anyone who has a passion for words and wordplay will enjoy reading The Phantom Tollbooth. In this charming children's book, author Norton Juster takes us on an adventure with his main character Milo, a young boy who enters a chaotic place called the Kingdom of Wisdom and finds that to restore order in the kingdom, he must save the banished princesses Rhyme and Reason.

When the story begins, Milo gets home one afternoon expecting to go through the same humdrum after-school routine he always goes through. But on this particular day, he arrives home to find a tollbooth waiting to transport him to a faraway place. Soon, Milo is traveling through the Kingdom of Wisdom, seeking to rescue Rhyme and Reason with the help of his companions, Tock the Watchdog and the Humbug.

Along the way, Milo meets some interesting and clever characters, such as the Whether Man (not to be confused with the Weather Man, "for after all it's more important to know whether there will be weather th...more

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message 1: by Milo
04/02/2008 08:10PM

Nophoto-m-25x33 This books actual title is milo and the phantom toll both as a milo myself I take offense at goodreads using the latter and inferer title

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message 2: by Jackie
08/06/2008 08:23PM

289556 No, "Milo and the Phantom Tollbooth" is NOT, nor has ever been, the title of this book. There is a movie of this book with that title, but that came later.


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