The Phantom Tollbooth (book)

Milo is bored with absolutely everything until a mysterious tollbooth appears in his room. Suddenly, he's driving into a world where words, numbers, and ideas have lives of their own. The Phantom Tollbooth is full of strange places, ridiculous arguments, and jokes that somehow get better as you grow older. The Whether Man, Tock the watchdog, and the journey to rescue Rhyme and Reason make this a book unlike anything else in the bracket. It doesn't have the emotional gut punch of Charlotte's Web or the blockbuster energy of Harry Potter, but it rewards curiosity on every page. Is Milo's bizarre adventure the childhood book you'd most love to experience again?