“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!
Read for Popsugar's 2018 Reading Challenge #33: A childhood classic that you've never read
I was pleasantly surprised after finishing The Phantom Tollbooth. I expected it to be a fun and silly children's book but I didn't expect it to be so clever. The writing was fantastic and I loved how it mixed a silly world with this really interesting writing style. It was almost like a mix of Roald Dahl and Lewis Carroll. It's easily the most fun I've had reading a classic to date and I highly recommend it to anyone who has yet to read it.
