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Summary: A Review by Desmond Ng
Review: "So many words and so many people! They were from every place imaginable and some places even beyond that, and they were all busy sorting, choosing, and stuffing things into cases."That was from a book called The Phantom Tollbooth. It is about a boy named Milo and he was always bored. Until he finds a tollbooth in his house! Then he wanders into a place where all that the creatures do is lay down! In the story, there were two kingdoms and the two kings were brothers but they each thought that words or numbers were more important. The kings were mad at each other because one king thought that words were better and the other thought numbers were better than words. The king's sisters both named Rhyme and Reason thought that numbers and words were both equal, but the kings did not think so, so the sisters got banised to a castle in the air hovering over the demon mountains. Finally Milo attempts to go and save Rhyme and Reason high in the sky and run from the demons in the mountains so the kings will realize that their sisters are more important than disagreeing with each other. Most of the story is easy to understand but I don't get some parts of the story. Where is Milo's family? And how did the spectacular tollbooth appear? And why does Milo have white hair? I didn't really like the story because the author, Norton Juster, never explains these questions. This is recommened for people 8-12 years old because some words in the story are intermediate and some of the storys might get a little boring.The story is easy to get through with the pictures. All of the pictures help the reader with what happens in the story. This book is for people who like adventures. I think that this book is funny because of the mathemagician, the king of Digitopolis, because he served Milo subtraction soup. The more you drink, the hungrier you get. It was really funny when the Trivium (You will know who is he if you read the book) told the humbug to dig a tunnel with only a needle! It was really the funniest when Officer Shrift arrested Milo & his friends but when Milo told the officer only a jailer can put you to jail, the officer said he was also a jailer and a judge! I hate the part about the "Which's story" because it took too long. Most of the story resides in humor and some parts are depressing. It was confusing the first time I read it, but I found funny parts that amazed me. I also think that this book has a dull picture in the front but the story is exciting. The part that attracted me was the map in the front pages. It looked so nice that I decided to read this book. Even if the cover looks tiring, you should not ignore it!
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Summary: A Modern Day Alice in Wonderland
Review: 'The Phantom Tollbooth' is so good, I wish I could give it to every kid I know. It is truly a classic, able to stand toe-to-toe with 'Alice in Wonderland,' and that's not a comment I make lightly. Milo is little boy who's bored with everything. He's not just bored, he's nearly comatose. But when he discovers a mysterious tollbooth in his room, he decides to go through it. (Why not, he's bored, right?) Milo meets a watchdog named Tock who takes the boy on one of the great wild rides in all of literature. Where else can you meet people like Rhyme and Reason, Dr. Discord, King Azaz the Unabridged, and others? 'The Phantom Tollbooth' is in love with learning and new experiences. Maybe that's why kids (and adults) have embraced this wonderful book for over 40 years. A delight!
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Summary: The Phantom Tollbooth
Review: A Review of
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster Would you take a journey to a land beyond? Follow Milo on his journey in Norton Juster's fantasy novel The Phantom Tollbooth.
The main character, Milo, is an unhappy, school-aged boy bored with life. Milo thinks nothing is worth doing in life. Until one day Milo went to his room and found a tollbooth. He drives his little red car through the tollbooth to a mysterious land. He visits the Doldrums, Foothills of Confusion, Dictionopolis, jumps to the Island of Conclusions, and more. During Milo's adventure you will meet two kings that are brothers and they just can't stop fighting because there is no Rhyme or Reason. Rhyme and Reason, the kings' sisters, have been banished to the Castle in the Air. Milo bravely decides he is going to save the princesses.
Milo has several problems in the Mountains of Ignorance when he meets the demons. Milo figures out that the demons are made out of everything he use to be. Milo still has a long way before his journey is complete.
You will never get bored while reading The Phantom Tollbooth! I really liked this book because it's full of surprises and excitement. Milo meets interesting characters and learns how important life is. This fantasy book teaches some real life lessons. I recommend this book to anyone who loves fun and excitement!
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Summary: The Phantom Toll Booth
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The Phantom Toll Booth What would do if a mysterious toll both appeared in your room that could take you to a place that did not exist? That happens to Milo in this funny book called The Phantom Toll Booth by Norton Juster.
Milo is young boy who is bored with everything in his life. One day Milo comes back from school and finds a box in his room. He opens up the box and finds a toll booth inside with a map and two tokens so that he can operate the toll booth. Milo figures he has nothing better to do than to try it out, so he hops into his car and drives through it. He then looks around and sees a different world. Milo drives along the road until he makes a wrong turn into the Doldrums. When he is there he finds a watch dog and takes him with him. The watch dog, named Tock, had a clock on his side and he could talk. Tock told him where to go and they ended up at Dictionopolis. The king banished two people called Rhyme and Reason who made everything right. The king sent Milo, Tock, and The Humbug on a journey to rescue Rhyme and Reason so that everything would be right again in his kingdom.
The Phantom Toll booth is a great book. It's funny and suspenseful. I would recommend this book to people of all ages.
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Summary: The childhood favorite that's still with me
Review: After my first reading of 'The Phantom Tollbooth', it became,and still remains, my favorite young reader book. I wrote two book reports on it for my middle school reading classes. I even received a copy of it as a tenth birthday present. Ever since, I've read it from cover to cover at least once a year. As a child, I enjoyed reading the strange adventures of a bored Milo embarking on his legendary quest. As an adult, I enjoy the tome's play on words, such as the Whether man ("It's more important to know whether there will be weather, rather than what the weather will be") and the Isle of Conclusions, a place you have to jump to to get there. I also love the book's personifying such abstract concepts as statistics, like the (literally) half a child that Milo meets who's the end result of the average family having 2.58 children. It also has neat takes on people's points of view, like the boy who grows down, rather than up. Needless to say, it's pretty apparent that even though I loved this book as a kid, I appreciate it much more as an adult. If you remember reading this as a child, I strongly recommend you give it a look again. You'll likely pick up on quite a few things in the story that you might not have gotten the gist of in your youth! 'Late
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Summary: Have you read this yet!?
Review: Do use your time. I loved this book. The 3 main characters stick together the whole time. Anybody whom loves fantasy well, will like this book. It is about a boy named Milo and thinks his life is a bore. But, a tollbooth appears in his room 1 night. He enters a coin in the tollbooth and then, he is in this mystical land. Along the way he meets a watchdog (with a clock in the middle of his body) named Tock. Then he meets a Humbug and they're all sent on a mission to save Princess Pure Reason and Sweet Rhyme. They were the sisters of King Azaz and his brother the Math Magician. If you want to know more read The Phantom Tollbooth it is great.
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Summary: A True Fantastic Masterpiece
Review: Ever Sense i got the book about 7 years ago i find myself reading over and over again. the characters are classic and the story catches you and makes you want more and more. if you're looking for a wonderful, fun, and exciting book look no further than this book. It will truly open your mind and you will see yourself cheering these characters on. Norton Juster's book THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH is truly one of the greatest novels of all time. i hope this review inspires you to give this outstanding novel a try. you'll love it!
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Summary: One of the best
Review: I am buying this book now for my little sister, because I remember it so fondly from my childhood. I was a voracious reader, and I don't know how many times I read this book. I am looking forward to reading my sister's copy!
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Summary: A Fantastic story that never gets old
Review: I cannot tell you how many times I have read this book (at least 20) since I discovered it in the late 70's or how many copies that I have given as gifts to young readers. This is a great tale of wondrous imagination that would be a fantastic read for any young, intelligent reader or anyone who is young at heart. It is a great tale of adventure with no violence and some great lessons to be learned told in great style. It is still hard for me to put this book down even after all the times I have read it!
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Summary: Interesting,heartwarming ,simply incredible!
Review: I love reading hilarious,heartwarming,light-hearted books.
And i think this book by Mr Norton Juster is simply terrific and straightforward. It started with a young boy named Milo,who seems to lead a pretty ordinary(opps,i should say,very ordinary and boring life),till one day a parcel containing a tollbooth came into his hands.He fixed it,and soon finds himself entering the very strange world of Dictionpolis and Digitpolis,and as the names tells you,they are the world of words and the world of numbers. There,he met a watchdog with an alarm clock and many other strange interesting characters whom you must have never thought of.You can try to catch up with their names,including the boy named Alex who comes from a world where everybody floats.Or maybe the five-official English guards who seemed to be very essential to the language. Milo's journey does not just end there.He has to go save the two princesses,Rhythme and Reason,who are trapped in a enclosed tower guarded by the most TERRIFYING,HORRIFYING,DIGUSTING,DISTURBINGand the DEADLIEST demons. That's how the story goes,and the adventure is so intense,it's as though you are Milo,and that you too,is also on your way to yor own journey.
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