The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
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The Phantom Tollbooth

Updated: 29 Oct 2021
“Comes up bright and new every time I read it . . . it will continue to charm and delight for a very long time yet.” --Phillip Pullman, New York Times bestselling author of His Dark Materials With almost 5 million copies sold in the 60 years since it was published, generations of readers have journeyed with Milo to the Lands Beyond in this beloved classic.Enriched by Jules Feiffer’s splendid illustrations, the wit, wisdom, and wordplay of Norton Juster’s offbeat fantasy are as beguiling as ever. For Milo, everything’s a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he’s got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different. Milo visits the Island of Conclusions (you get there by jumping), learns about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock, and even embarks on a quest to rescue Rhyme and Reason. Somewhere along the way, Milo realizes something astonishing. Life is far from dull. In fact, it’s exciting beyond his wildest dreams!
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"Well, when I was a child, my favorite book was The Phantom Tollbooth. I loved that book. And now, any biographies. I liked the biography of John D. Rockefeller, I liked Lindbergh's biography, any of David McCullough's books, I liked the biography of Joseph Kennedy that just came out. I like books that tell the stories of any drug cartels - Pablo Escobar - how these guys live these lives of complete craziness, but they get it in the end like a Warner Bros movie."
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The book I enjoyed most in school The Phantom Tollbooth. An extraordinary linguistic feat, a timeless bit of genius.
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