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Juster's ingenious fantasy introduces young readers to Milo, a bored 10-year-old who comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Milo drives through the tollbooth's gates and begins a memorable journey. He meets the Mathemagician, the not-so-wicked "which", and Faintly Macabre, who tells Milo of his "impossible" mission to return two princesses to the Kingdom of Wisdom.
mollylasko, February 20, 2008 (view all comments by mollylasko)
An excellent book for all ages. This story stays with a person for years. Whenever I was bored as a child my mother would hand me this book. There's nothing like it to get your imagination going. Even at 21 I find myself going back over it, rereading my favorite parts, following the map to the castle in the air.
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Juster's ingenious fantasy introduces young readers to Milo, a bored 10-year-old who comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Milo drives through the tollbooth's gates and begins a memorable journey. He meets the Mathemagician, the not-so-wicked "which", and Faintly Macabre, who tells Milo of his "impossible" mission to return two princesses to the Kingdom of Wisdom.
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