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Juster,
Norton.
THE
PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH
New
York : Random, 1961.
IL
5-8, RL 5.4
ISBN
0394815009
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some unexplainable reason Milo just can't see the point in going to school....or
doing his homework either. In fact, Milo has a hard time seeing the
point to doing anything or going anywhere. As far as he's concerned,
everything is all just a big waste of time. Then, one day, something
unusual happens. After getting home from another boring day at school
he discovers someone has left a giant package sitting in the middle of
the living room. Opening it, Milo is whisked away to a fantastical
land where he quickly makes several friends, like Tock, a watch dog with
an alarm clock in his stomach. But there's something strange about
this magical world - none of the adults seem to make any sense - then he
learns why. The two young princesses, Rhyme and Reason, have been
banished to the highest peak of the highest mountain and are trapped there.
Milo decides he must bring them back no matter what the cost. Unfortunately,
he has to get permission from the two kings of the realm, who refuse
to agree with each other on anything. Milo uses all of his cunning
to outwit the two adults, but he and his new found friends will need more
than that if they plan to rescue Rhyme and Reason because monsters of the
worst kind roam throughout the mountains and if they don't hurry the princesses
may never be able to come home. (Miranda J. Hawkins, miranda8980@att.net) |
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