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The Phantom Tollbooth
The Phantom Tollbooth
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What Members Thought

Kate
Apr 05, 2012 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: abandoned, young-adult, read-in-2014
"Inside the mysterious package that Milo found in his room was what looked like a genuine turnpike tollbooth. But Milo was in for an even bigger surprise when he drove his small electric car through the toolbooth gate.

"Suddenly he found himself in The Lands Beyond -- enchanted home of some of the craziest creatures ever imagined. As Milo traveled through this confusing world, he was joined by an ill-mannered little Humbug and a ticking watchdog named Tock. Together these three found thyemselves ...more
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Jenny
Dec 23, 2010 rated it really liked it
When I was in second grade, my older cousins gave me their copy of The Phantom Tollbooth to read in the car on the way from Milwaukee back to Arizona. I still remember that they highly recommended the book. I don't remember what I thought of it.

This time around, it was clever and fun. The original illustrations are wonderful and the story is still current. ...more
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Katie
Mar 20, 2010 rated it it was amazing
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Ashley
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t.s. cronenberg
Dec 31, 2010 marked it as to-read
Sara
Feb 16, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Dec 29, 2011 marked it as to-read
Trish
Feb 05, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: kids-young-adult
Cera
Jul 07, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorite-kids-books
Jim Townsend
Aug 08, 2015 marked it as to-read
Khalil
Jun 19, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 2016-read-books
Jacqueline
May 18, 2017 marked it as to-read
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Dec 09, 2017 marked it as to-read
Susan
Jan 13, 2018 marked it as to-read
Shelves: children-s-literature
Petre
Aug 08, 2018 marked it as to-read
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Jack
Feb 28, 2019 rated it liked it
Shelves: children-and-ya
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Feb 03, 2020 marked it as to-read
Karigan
Apr 22, 2020 marked it as to-read
Shelves: personal-library
Natalia
May 15, 2020 added it
Shelves: in-english
Ashleigh
May 24, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Canavan
Oct 05, 2020 marked it as to-read
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Jun 28, 2022 marked it as to-read
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