Characters
Whether Man- a little man who is the first person Milo meets
Milo- a boy who doesn't know what to do with himslef and ends up in the phantom tollbooth
Tock- a watchdog in doldrum who makes sure nobody wastes time, Milo's best friend
Spelling Bee- a very big bee that can spell anything
Mathmagitian- the ruler of Digitopolis, who is very jealous of his brother
King Azaz- the ruler of Dictionopolis
Humbug- a giant beetle who is kind of sly, and lie about most anything
Rhyme and Reason- two pretty girls that were found by the King of Wisdom
Faintly Macabre- not a witch, but a which, like which way is which
Alec Bings- a boy who grows down instead of up
Chroma- leader of the pigment orchestra
Dischord- the doctor of dissonance
Dynne- a collector of sounds and unpleasant noises
The Soundkeeper- a person who keeps sound away from people in the Valley of Sound
The Dodecahedron- a man with 12 faces
The Everpresent Wordsnatcher- a bird who takes the words right out of your mouth and twists them into something else
The Terrible Trivium- an evil demon with no face
The Demon of Insincerity- another evil demon who never actually means what he says or does
The Gelatinous Giant- a very big giant that blends into what ever he is near
The Senses Taker- can take away your senses or slow them down, usually while you are being chased
Officer Shrift- a man that is as tall as he is wide
The Lethargians- little creatures that do nothing but sit around all day and waste time
The Half Boy- a boy who says that he's not actually a half boy because he's .58 of a boy
Summary At the beginning of this book Milo is just a boy who doesn't know what to do with himself. Then, when he gets home in his room is a phantom tollbooth. Once in the tollbooth he first meets the whether man. The whether man confuses Milo a lot. When Milo stopped thinking, he ended up in the Doldrums. That is where he first meets Tock the watchdog. They then continue on and go to Dictionopolis. Its market day, and in the market is where Milo meets the Spelling Bee. Then, Milo goes to a banquet at the palace. The king decides he should not have sent Rhyme and Reason away and decides to send Milo, Tock, and the Humbug to go find them.
During the middle of this book many exciting things happen. As they beginning there search looking for Rhyme and Reason they meet Alec Bings. Then, they end up in a town where everyone is trying to get from one place to another so fast that you can't even see the town any more. After that Milo sees an a cunductor. When he conducts he controls everything, when the sun comes up, when it goes down, when it rains, everything. Milo tries conducting it whil everyone is still asleep, but ends up turning things a bunch of different colors and making a week pass in five minutes. When they reach Digitopolis they meet the Mathmagitian. He shows Milo where the staircase to infinity is. He also helps Milo, Tock, and Humbug get out of Digitopolis.
After leaving Digitopolis they meet the Everpresent Wordsnatcher. Then they meet the terrible trivium, the demon of insincerity, and the gelatinous giant. After escaping them they get to the satircase that leads to the Castle in the Air. The staircase is extremely long and on there way up they come across the senses taker. After escaping him they rescue Rhyme and Reason. Once they get back to Dictionopolis everyone Milo has met is there and he is declared a hero. They have a parade and after words Milo has to say goodbye to all of the friends he has met.
Review This is a really good book. Out of all the books for reading this is probably one of my favorites. I liked how original it was. It wasn't the same as most books. Also, the characters were interesting, and it never got boring.
Characters
Whether Man- a little man who is the first person Milo meets
Milo- a boy who doesn't know what to do with himslef and ends up in the phantom tollbooth
Tock- a watchdog in doldrum who makes sure nobody wastes time, Milo's best friend
Spelling Bee- a very big bee that can spell anything
Mathmagitian- the ruler of Digitopolis, who is very jealous of his brother
King Azaz- the ruler of Dictionopolis
Humbug- a giant beetle who is kind of sly, and lie about most anything
Rhyme and Reason- two pretty girls that were found by the King of Wisdom
Faintly Macabre- not a witch, but a which, like which way is which
Alec Bings- a boy who grows down instead of up
Chroma- leader of the pigment orchestra
Dischord- the doctor of dissonance
Dynne- a collector of sounds and unpleasant noises
The Soundkeeper- a person who keeps sound away from people in the Valley of Sound
The Dodecahedron- a man with 12 faces
The Everpresent Wordsnatcher- a bird who takes the words right out of your mouth and twists them into something else
The Terrible Trivium- an evil demon with no face
The Demon of Insincerity- another evil demon who never actually means what he says or does
The Gelatinous Giant- a very big giant that blends into what ever he is near
The Senses Taker- can take away your senses or slow them down, usually while you are being chased
Officer Shrift- a man that is as tall as he is wide
The Lethargians- little creatures that do nothing but sit around all day and waste time
The Half Boy- a boy who says that he's not actually a half boy because he's .58 of a boy
Summary
At the beginning of this book Milo is just a boy who doesn't know what to do with himself. Then, when he gets home in his room is a phantom tollbooth. Once in the tollbooth he first meets the whether man. The whether man confuses Milo a lot. When Milo stopped thinking, he ended up in the Doldrums. That is where he first meets Tock the watchdog. They then continue on and go to Dictionopolis. Its market day, and in the market is where Milo meets the Spelling Bee. Then, Milo goes to a banquet at the palace. The king decides he should not have sent Rhyme and Reason away and decides to send Milo, Tock, and the Humbug to go find them.
During the middle of this book many exciting things happen. As they beginning there search looking for Rhyme and Reason they meet Alec Bings. Then, they end up in a town where everyone is trying to get from one place to another so fast that you can't even see the town any more. After that Milo sees an a cunductor. When he conducts he controls everything, when the sun comes up, when it goes down, when it rains, everything. Milo tries conducting it whil everyone is still asleep, but ends up turning things a bunch of different colors and making a week pass in five minutes. When they reach Digitopolis they meet the Mathmagitian. He shows Milo where the staircase to infinity is. He also helps Milo, Tock, and Humbug get out of Digitopolis.
After leaving Digitopolis they meet the Everpresent Wordsnatcher. Then they meet the terrible trivium, the demon of insincerity, and the gelatinous giant. After escaping them they get to the satircase that leads to the Castle in the Air. The staircase is extremely long and on there way up they come across the senses taker. After escaping him they rescue Rhyme and Reason. Once they get back to Dictionopolis everyone Milo has met is there and he is declared a hero. They have a parade and after words Milo has to say goodbye to all of the friends he has met.
Review
This is a really good book. Out of all the books for reading this is probably one of my favorites. I liked how original it was. It wasn't the same as most books. Also, the characters were interesting, and it never got boring.