This has got to be one of the best books I’ve ever read. It has adventure, brain hurting math, and wacko words! It starts out with a young boy named Milo. He never knows where to be. When he is doing one thing, he wants to do something else. When he’s inside, he wants to be outside. When he’s out, he wants to be in. One day he finds a toolbooth. He used the directions inside, and poof! He’s where he wanted to be. He meets a watchdog named Tock. He goes to two towns, Dictionopolis and Digitopolis. In Dictionopolis everything anyone thinks of is numbers, numbers, numbers! In Digitopolis, it’s the oposite. It’s all about numbers. These two kingdoms are ruled by brothers. They hate each other, and compete against each other. On the way to Digitopolis from Dictionopolis they jumped to conclusions. No, SERIOUSLY, they literally jumped to conclusions. There is a place called Conclusions. Whenever you decide something without proof or background knowlege, you get launched there imediately. The only way to get back, was to swim across the sea of knowlege. Nobody has ever been able to cross it. Are they ever going to get back? Will Digitopolis and Dictionopolis ever make peace with each other? Read the Phantom Tollbooth to find out. This book would be awsome for both genders because there is plenty of adventure, while there is also plenty of problem solving.

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Stephanie D.