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Juster, Norton, 1929-

The phantom tollbooth / Norton Juster ; illustrations by Jules Feiffer ; with an appreciation by Maurice Sendak. - New York : Random House; c1996. - 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Maps on lining papers.

This fantasy centers around Milo, a bored ten-year-old who comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Joining forces with a watchdog named Tock, Milo drives through the tollbooth's gates and begins a memorable journey. He meets such characters as the foolish, yet lovable Humbug, the Mathemagician, and the not-so-wicked "Which," Faintly Macabre, who gives Milo the "impossible" mission of returning two princesses to the Kingdom of Wisdom...

ISBN: 0394815009 (trade hardcover) 9780394815008 (trade hardcover) 0394820371 9780394820378

LCCN: 97184037

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Fantasy fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.J9865 / Ph 1996

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]