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Summary: HeY MaRtY MoOsE! - 4uM Ur LiTtLe GiRl <3 yA!
Review: I thought this book was a complete oddball! The main character is a boy with no imagination, his name is Milo. Personally, my favorite character is Tock, the Watchdog. In this book, Milo explores new places, meets new people, & makes new friends he is sure not to forget. Other characters include: Humbug, Spelling Bee, King Azaz, The Mathemagician, & The Weather Man. Read this book, and witness a bored little boy who turns into one with an imagination.
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Summary: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Review: If you ever thought that learning was just a waste of time and that there is nothing to do, then you've felt what Milo felt: everyday. For Milo everything was a waste of time, until he was sent a rather odd gift. It was in fact a tollbooth, and two tokens. Milo, knowing what one does with a tollbooth set it up and drove up to it, the funny thing is he now was on a real road. Milo takes different roads to different places and in each he learns to notice the ordinary: numbers, letters, sounds, colors and pictures and he realises that they are in fact extrodinary.Milo gets to conduct color, to eat his words and to mine for numbers but all the time he is on a quest to bring back Rhyme and Reason the princesses of justice. In this odd land all is not well, nothing really has been well ever sense Rhyme and Reason were banished. It is up to Milo, a watchdog named Tock and the Humbug to rescue the princesses and return honesty and fairness to the kingdoms of this spectacular land.
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Summary: The Phantom Tollbooth
Review: The Phantom Tollbooth is an unforgetful fantasy book, which is like no other. Milo is a bored young man who feels like there is no excitement to be found anywhere. His world is turned upside down when suddenly a Tollbooth appears in his bedroom one day. Milo having nothing better to do, then drives away with the Tollbooth in his toy car and begins his extravagant journey through an unknown world to reach Dictionopolis. Throughout his journey he encounters many different sorts of creatures and characters, all of which are fascinating and everything opposite of boring. Later in his journeys he travels to Doldrums and meets, Tock, a dog that has an alarm clock for a body, and takes him along for the ride. As Tock, the Tollbooth, and Milo travel through the unknown lands they come upon Word Market, where Milo is given a difficult task to rescue two Princesses, Rhyme and Reason from the Mountains of Ignorance. The Phantom Tollbooth is a book for all ages. It has great comedy in the dialogue, and the originality used by Norton Juster is something to be remembered. It is a book unlike any other I have read. If you enjoy a book that let's you escape reality and into a world of mystery, The Phantom Tollbooth is the book for you.
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Summary: A Book Worthy of the Money
Review: I first read this book in 4th grade. A couple of years later I was browsing through the shelves at a bookstore and came across it again. I remembered that I had enjoyed it so I bought it. I started reading it that night and didn't stop until I had finished the whole thing. This book is truly a masterpiece. It is one of those rare few that people of all ages will adore. Believe me, this is a book that you will cherish throughout your entire life.
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Summary: A Treat For All
Review: This book was great to read. Juster provided interesting characters on exciting adventures. The novel is all about taking things literally. It is fun to read. This is a great book to pick up and never stop reading.
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Summary: Good learning tool
Review: I read this book when I was in fifth grade, and I enjoyed it then. While digging through some boxes during a recent move, I found this book and re-read it. I found that I still enjoyed it. As a teacher, I see why our reading teacher chose this book. It has great vocabulary choices, wonderful word-play, a great story line and a great message for the kids who read it. I am going to buy a copy of it for my niece so that she can also enjoy it.
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Summary: An Ageless Classic
Review: Juster's "Tollbooth" is perched nearly at the top of my stack of classics. I don't bother placing it in
the "children's" category, simply because the word play is so delicious that no adult could
possibly ignore it, whether they have children or not (perhaps a whether man is necessary to file
this book). Bored Milo discovers a tollbooth in his bedroom, and drives his toy car through it...
and into a land of words and wordplay, digits and mathematics. The only thing better than reading the book again was doing so with my daughters. Their reactions mirrored my own at their age,
which was the biggest plus I could add to the grade above.
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Summary: Fantasy Fun
Review: This was purchased for my 11-year-old grandson, but I read about half of it before I gave it to him! It's a fantasy story, with some hidden lessons!
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Summary: Fantasy never sounded so good.
Review: I loved this book! It was a great and exciting book. This book opened up a lot of imagination in my head. I never wanted to stop reading this book because it was so interesting and had lots silly jokes that people will love. I couldn't go a day without reading a chapter of this book. I couldn't let this book out of my hands! This book would be best for all people. Many people can learn how important reading is and what you learn from it. I recommend any and everybody to read this book because it is a great inspiration to want to be a writer to open other people's minds. If someone needs a book to read for fun or any other reason, this is the book to buy.
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Summary: Things are not as they seem in other worlds
Review: This book is recommended for readers with a strong imagination. You could basically make up something in your mind, and would find it in the book. The book may be challenging for the young reader because of all big words, but if youre willing to look them up, it should be pretty easy. Norton Juster, the author had a sense of humor just about anyone could get. I rated this book a four because all and all it could make a non reader want to know what might happen next. It wasn't a five because it didn't spark excitement in the beginning. But all around anyone would enjoy it.
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