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The Phantom Tollbooth (Large Print)

The Phantom Tollbooth (Large Print)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Book
Review: I think the The Phantom Tollbooth is great book because in a way it is informational.It is somthing you can read in your spear time

Rating: 4 stars
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!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wonderful book!!
Review: Very imaginative and fabulous book! The main character goes on an adventure in a fantasy land, where he learns the importance of learning vocabulary and math in school. Plus he learns the pitfalls of such bad behaviors as lethargy and insincerity. As the character Princess Rhyme says at the end of the book, "It's not just learning things that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things at all that matters." Even though this book was intended for children, I think many adults would enjoy it too.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A review of the Phantom Tollbooth
Review: Would you like to come home and find a box of thigs to make a tollbooth that took you to a imaginary land. Then The Phantom Tollbooth is the book for you. It's about a boy named Milo who isn't intrested in anything. Then he receives a box to build the tollbooth. He makes it and follows the directions to use it. Then he is sucked in to the Land of Expectation. There he has a lot of adventures. When he gets back his life isn't dull anymore.
The Phantom Tollbooth is a good book. Try it!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the best books written in a long time
Review: The Phantom Tollbooth is for anyone who loves words and English. Although it's a great book for kids, adults see even more humor in many of the myriad puns than kids would. I have read the Phantom Tollbooth probably at least thirty times, and no matter how carefully I read it, the next time I always find a new pun. For people who hate reading books more than once, this is a multi-read--you find something new every time!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The Phantom Toll Booth
Review: A Review of
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.

Rating: 5 stars
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.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Phantom Tollbooth
Review: The phantom tollbooth is an intresting story where a boy travels to two worlds one based on numbers and one based on letters. in the story there are two princesses Rhyme and Reason. Which played intresting rolls in the story. I give this story to thumbs up and a five star rating.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Phantom Tollbooth Review
Review: The Phantom Tollbooth is a very interesting, fun, creative book. Throughout the book, a young boy travels in a twisted, exciting world where he comes across many tasks that he must complete, or fears to overcome, in order to move on. The young boy must adjust to his strange surroundings, and eventually free the two worlds, one based upon letters, and the other on numbers, from their constant arguing by freeing the two princesses of rhyme and reason that bring happiness to both worlds, allowing them to unite and be friendly.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Simply magical
Review: What can I say about this book? Simply that it is one of the most enchanting, magical, and vividly told stories I have ever encountered. It is one of the few books I have ever read more than once. I would highly recommend this book to anyone-even though it is marketed as a children's book, adults will love it too. I guarantee it.


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