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Summary Of The Book 'Phantom Tollbooth'
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My class has just finished the book Phantom Tollbooth. In this book the main character Milo starts out not liking anything when he was her he wanted to be there when he was in he wanted to be out when he was out he wanted to in. Then one day Milo travels to a magical place in this land is not like are world at all in are word we eat food such as tacos hamburgers you get the idea. But where Milo went they eat letters and the colors are made by an orchestra. Sounds are kept in bottles numbers are mined from the ground.
When Milo travels to this land something happens to him he changes. He used to not care about anything and he was always bored. But on page 16 it's says “The sun sparkled, the sky was clear, and all the colors he

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