Book Review by Steve L.

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. 256 pages. Fiction

The Phantom Tollbooth is about a kid named Milo who thinks the world is a big drag. He is very bored and never has anything to do. “When he was out of school he longed to be in it and when he was in school he longed to be out.” Then one day he finds a mysterious striped box in his room with a card that says, “For Milo, who has plenty of time.” Inside he finds a tollbooth and a few signs. He drives his electric car though the tollbooth and finds himself in a “land far from home,” where he meets many strange characters and has many fantastic adventures. While there he learns that life isn’t so drab after all.

My favorite character is Tock the watchdog, who is a dog with a stopwatch for a body.

I thought it was a hilarious and exciting book. I liked all the play on words the author used. It’s a have to read book! I give it a rating of 10 out of 10.