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Your Reviews
Tell us what you think about The Phantom Tollbooth:
- Addison, age 13 of Juniata, NE
I liked it because it made you think about the world around you and other interesting things.
- Carolyn, age 12 of Cle Elum, WA
I like the Phantom toll both because it is full of action. It has a great, happy ending. I highly recomend it.
- Lilimay, age 9 of Canoga Park, CA
This book is about a boy named Milo who thinks everything is boring until he recieves a package with a small tollbooth. Then he's on an exciting journey that he'll never forget! You should read this book. It's great!!!
- Kelly, age 12 of Johnson, NY
The phantom toll booth isn't exactlt the best book in the would but its ok. We had to act out scenes from it in class and it was pretty boring.
- Jeniece, age 10 of Allen, TX
I really like this book!!! It was a little bit cunfusing at the begining but it is a really good book! Now go and read!!! GOOO!!!
- Alice, age 13 of Memphis, TN
I love the Phantom toolbooth! It is easy to read, fun, quick, and totally interesting. It really makes you think and makes you want to make the most out of your life!
- Jennifer, age 9 of Keokuk, IA
I LOOOVE it!! Its like Alice in Wonderland, but better.
- Abby, age 13 of Mumford, NY
The Phantom Tollbooth is the coolest book that I have ever read. It really helps you appreciate things like sounds, colors, and friends. It is officially my all-time favorite book! It rocks.
- Heidi, age 14 of Tucson, AZ
The phantom toll Booth is a riveting and amazing book. It is't very long, but it is an incredibly hard book to sum up. I know, because I had to do a report on it and let me tell you, if you leave even one part out, it messes up the whole summary!
- Alanna, age 13 of Atascadero, CA
I love this book. It has twists and turns and abnormal things. This is about a boy who is getting away from borem to an adventure thats taken literally.
- Greg, age 11 of Merrimack, NH
I think the phantom toolbooth was pritty good I liked it. It is very weird, crazy and funny. I recomend it to 10 of age and up.
- Olivia, age 9 of Chattanooga, TN
I loved The Phantom Tollbooth. My Mom and I were walking thru the bookstore and she found it. I read it. It was a bout a boy who comes home from school and finds a toll booth in his room. He also gets his own car and meets lots of funny people and animals along the way. It would be a great book for school because it has lots of math and vocabulary and spelling in it!!!
- Killian, age 11 of Warren, MA
I liked The Phantom Tollbooth because it tells you you should never be bored, so open your eyes to the world and others ideas, and that is advice everyone should follow.
- Samantha, age 7 of Cleveland, OH
I love The Phantom Tollbooth! It's full of wacky characters. My sister read it to me every day for 30 minutes. I would recommend this book to anyone with a wacky imagination!
- Dylan, age 12 of Greeley, CO
"The Phantom Tollbooth," is such a great book. Most kids can relate to the boy in the story because everyone feel left out and bored most of the time. It also teaches an important lesson, it teaches us kids to have and imaganation! If you don't have one, and you haven't read this book, your missing out of the whole story of a real kids life.
- Emily, age 12 of Poughkeepsie, NY
The Phantom Tollboth is my must favorite book of all times. Its funny and quizzical. In the book a boy runs away in his red car to a far away land. He meets very funny characters. He also gets sent to jail. I like this book because its a larger than life book. It's the kind of book that you want to keep turning the pages and never put it down until its finished.
- Jessie, age 9 of Oklahoma City, OK
I like this book. It was hard for me to get into at first, but once I was in, it was awesome. It teaches you about imagination, and I think that is the most important thing. That is why I enjoyed this book.
- Ryan, age 12 of Prattville, AL
I really enjoyed this book because it was so creative. I loved the way the author named the charaters with words that fit their personality.
- Clare, age 14 of Fennville, MI
I really enjoyed the Phantom Tollbooth. I liked it because it was so different from other books. It was totally entertaining- I was never bored for a minute. It is humourous, while also being totally serious. You don't even realize you're learning, yet you are!
- Leia, age 13 of Grand Rapids, MI
The phantom tollbooth is a really great book. The adventures and charcters you encounter throughout this book are unlike anyother. The very discriptive words help you imagine like you're really inside the book! Its Great and I loved it when I got a chance to read it. I'm sure you will too.
- Anne, age 12 of Manhattan, KS
I love the Phantom Toolbooth! It's a really funny book. I think Tock is sooo cool. The book plays on words a lot and it's also very witty. Milo realizes that it's important to read and imagine. I give it 5 toes!
- Tonya, age 14 of Alex City, AL
The Phantom Tollbooth is great, it totally drives your imagination wild. There is only one thing I don't like about it: the math problem that is supposed to be 0 is not. Just Kidding I still love the book.
- Emma, age 10 of Elmira, OR
I really liked this book because it gives alot of awesome descriptions about what every thing was like and how everything sounded.
- Sydna, age 13 of Simpsonville, SC
I have read this book 3 or 4 times! It's not at all confusing and really good! I recommend it for 3rd thru 8th grade! 4 toes!
- Jennifer, age 12 of Carol Stream, IL
I loved it! It was so cool how the writer came up with such cool ideas. There is lots of symbolism in this book.
- Joseph, age 12 of Midvale, UT
I love the Phantom Tollbooth. I emensly enjoy the way everything is taken so literally, like "time flies", or "its as easy as falling off a log." I especaly like the Short Shrift, the Humbug, Milo, Tock, and the whole rest of the gang. Remember, don't jump to conclusions!
- Emily, age 10 of Lake Oswego, OR
It was an okay book, but it gets a bit unrealistic at some parts. I liked it when Milo and Tock are visiting Mathemagician. It is very entertaining, and is a very good book to read on a rainy day when you have nothing else to do.
- Brittany, age 11 of Plainfield, IL
This book ROCKS!!! It's not your every day kind of book. It's about this boy who travels all over the place in a place that seems imaginary because it's really strange. NOW, NOTHING WILL BE BORING FOR HIM EVER AGAIN AND HE'S GONNA MAKE THE MOST OF LIFE!
- Jessica, age 11 of Brooklyn, NY
This is a great and awesome book! I think the boy in the story acts like me sometimes. I recomend it 2 thumbs up.
- Isabel, age 12 of Atlanta, GA
I had to read "The Phantom Tollbooth" for school and loved it! It was full of adventure and ton of funny and totally weird people. I think everyone who likes crazy stories should read this book!!
- Christina, age 11 of Cincinnati, OH
The Phantom Tollbooth was a great book. It was about a boy, Milo, who didn't know whay to do with himself. Then one day, he finds a package for him that says "For Milo, Who has plenty of time." He opens the package and founds that it is a tollbooth. He plays the game since he has nothing else to do. He founds himself in a lot of exciting adventures.
- Alyssa, age 10 of Jenks, OK
Love it I loved the Phantom Tollboth it was a fun book to read. It was funny because it had all kinds of creatures in it. I liked one part the most when they went to the stoor. The stoor was like no other store, it was a word store. You could by words.
- Juni of Denver
I thought it was really boring and predictable.
- Shayla, age 11 of Las Vegas, NV
I loved it because I am a fan of brain teasers so I really enjoyed it.
- Erin, age 12 of Grafton, MA
I really liked the Phantom Tollbooth. In 6th grade, we read the book and then did a play. It was so much fun! We stayed after school to create props and different settings, and then read lines in school. I like the Phantom Tollbooth because it is such a different story, and has so many unique characters. Thanks for listening to my review!
- Hannah, age 11 of NC
I think the Phantom Tollbooth deserves 5 toes!!! It was a great book and fun to read. It's short enough for the average chapter-book-reader, and makes you think. I agree about it giving you things to think about that you never would have thought about before. This book is also a little creepy at some parts, like A Wrinkle in Time and Harry Potter 5.
- Kate, age 11 of Canton, NY
Luv, Luv, LUV this book! It has a great plot. Filled with unforgettable characters and glorius places this was a wonderful book. This book tought me to always look on the bright side of things, and always stay away from a Terrible Trivium!
- Saul, age 9 of Sacremento, CA
This was really good. It had so much adventure and exitement that I couldn't put it down for hours!
- Erik, age 14 of Bellefontaine, OH
I LOVE this book it is so simple... but has such depth it realy makes you think about things that you never would have.
- Amanda, age 10 of Las Vegas, NV
The phantom tollbooth is alright but I think for my ipinion that it needs a little more adventure. How abot you?
- Edelyn, age 12 of North Bergen, NJ
The book is kind of confusing. We read at school and it's ok.
- Christina, age 12 of St. Paul, MN
I love this book. The reason I like it is because it doesn't get you bored. When you're bored you could read this book. It's about a boy that doesn't look around and find everything not intersting. One day he finds this box in his room. He sets it up and it turns out to be a tollbooth. When he goes through the tollbooth he's in a different place. He meets all kinds of different things and people. Plus he goes visit lots of weird places. He goes to a place where it's all about words and another where it's all about numbers. Plus a place where a guy creates colors and make the sun comes up or set. I'm not going to tell you the end. See if he gets home or not and if he is going to see things in a different way.
- Caroline, age 12 of Windsor, SC
This was an awsome book, it really plays on different things.
- Maggie, age 14 of Whoville, TX
I love this book. It was really good. There were great characters with interesting personalities. I would definately read this book more than once.
- Maya, age 11 of Westport, CT
I loved the book the Phatom Tollboth. It is a great clasic fantasy book. It is really funny in some parts, and totally strange in other parts. You really get attached to the characters. It was a great book, you should read it if you haven't already!
- Carolyn, age 9 of Midlothian, VA
I really love the phantom toolbooth because it has a lot of discription and detail and I love the charaters.
- Stephanie, age 11 of Orlando, FL
This book is really great! It takes you to far of places. One of my personal favorites of this book is that it's very adventurous. I would really recomend this book you'll have tons of fun like I did.
- The Phantom Tollbooth is a greatly funny book. I love this book because Milo thinks life is boring and then he gets this package that has a toolboth in it that takes him on a wild adventure that shows him that life is sertanly not boring. I would recamend this book to anyone who likes a funny weird book.
Aydan, age 11 of Spokane, WA
- GREAT book for anyone who likes using their imagination! It's really exciting and hey if you're sick of reading the harry potter books over and over, give it a try! It's great!
Zehra, age 13 of Franklin, WI
- I loved this book because it was make beleve! It is about a boy named Milo, and he thinks everything is a bore. But when a mysterious toolbooth arrives in his bedroom, he is on one of his wildest dreams!
Greg, age 9 of Bangor, ME
- I love it because it has so many strang and silly characters who live in different worlds I suggest you read it.
Michelle, age 10 of Chicago, IL
- Milo is a bored kid who doesn't like anything in his life. When he receives the mysterious package to get into the kingdom of knowledge his life changes. He learns not to take things for granted like time, numbers, words, and his life. I thought this book taught a wonderful lesson about why education is important. It also makes a statement about how beautiful sights and sounds can be. This book is at the reading level of a 10-11 year old, but anyone can learn to enjoy it. I would give this book the newberry medel if I could decide that.
Daniel, age 13 of St. Paul, MN
- I love it because it is adventurous and mysterious. You never know what will happen next.
Sara, age 16 of Stockholm, Sweden
- I loved this book because it was so strange. The characters were well developed and the plot was awesome. I love happy endings.
Danni, age 14 of Yonkers, NY
- I love this book because they use lots of puns!
Juan, age 12 of El Mirage, AZ
- I love the phantem tollbooth! It is one of the best books I have ever read. It is so funny and confusing. I love confusing books! It gets a 100!!!
Hillary, age 15 of Knoxville, TN
- The Phantom Tollboth is probably one of my top ten favorite books! Its a great book to read if you just want to lay back, relax, and have a few laughs.
Henry, age 10 of Lynchburg, VA
- This is my favorite book ever! It was really scary, but I LOVE scary stories! Especially the ones that keep me up at night for weeks because I'm too afraid to go to sleep. This was one of those terrifying ones. I don't think I've gotten a full nights sleep since I read it! I reccomend this book to everyone, unless your too afraid! Actually, you should be ok. Just make sure you have a night light handy.
Mufassa of Pride Rock, MI
- My favorite book is The Phantom Tollbooth. It has comedy, action, adventure, and humor, and it's the kind of book that you want to read over and over and over again! In fact, I am reading it for the sixth time!
Sarah, age 12 of Highland, UT
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