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The Phantom Tollbooth — Norton Juster
Garden Heights · Independent Novel Study

The Phantom Tollbooth

a novel by Norton Juster
Milo is a boy so bored that nothing seems worth the trouble — until a mysterious tollbooth appears in his room and he drives his toy car through it into the Lands Beyond. There he journeys through Dictionopolis, the kingdom of words, and Digitopolis, the kingdom of numbers, gathering unlikely companions like Tock the watchdog and the blustering Humbug. Their quest: to rescue the banished princesses Rhyme and Reason and restore sense to a land at war with itself, braving the demons of the Mountains of Ignorance along the way. Packed with puns, riddles, and idioms brought hilariously to life, Norton Juster’s beloved modern classic turns learning itself into a grand adventure. Milo returns home transformed — curious, awake, and eager for the world. These 8 Part workbooks cover the full novel, with vocabulary, comprehension, literary analysis, Think Deeper reasoning, SAT® & TOEFL®-style practice, and writing, all built on real-world CLIL background.
Level 5Modern ClassicInteractive & auto-gradedCLIL-based
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Level 5 · Strong ReadersUS Grade 5–7Lexile 1000LAR (ATOS) 6.7 · Modern Classic · Illustrated by Jules Feiffer
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Subject Personalities
The real-world subjects this novel study leans into — the depth behind every Knowledge Bank and reading passage.
PRIMARY LENS
📖 The World of Words
Language and its life: etymology, synonyms, idioms, and puns; how words are chosen, bought, and “eaten” in Dictionopolis.
SUPPORTING
🔢 The World of Numbers
Place value, averages, infinity, and the very large and very small; the logic and wonder of mathematics in Digitopolis.
SUPPORTING
🎭 Wordplay, Allegory & the Love of Learning
How Juster takes figures of speech literally for comic effect; the demons of Ignorance as everyday bad mental habits; and the book’s big idea that curiosity defeats boredom.
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Progress
PT1
Part 1 · Chapters 1–3
Milo & the Tollbooth • Into the Lands Beyond • The Doldrums & Tock
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PT2
Part 2 · Chapters 4–5
Dictionopolis • The Word Market • Meeting the Humbug
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PT3
Part 3 · Chapters 6–8
Faintly Macabre’s Story • King Azaz’s Banquet • The Quest Begins
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PT4
Part 4 · Chapters 9–11
The Point of View • Alec Bings • The Giant & the Symphony of Color
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PT5
Part 5 · Chapters 12–13
The Soundkeeper & Silence • Stealing a Sound • Chroma’s Fortress
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PT6
Part 6 · Chapters 14–16
The Dodecahedron • Digitopolis • Infinity & the Mathemagician
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PT7
Part 7 · Chapters 17–18
Unwelcoming Committee • Into the Mountains of Ignorance • The Demons
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PT8
Part 8 · Chapters 19–20
Rescuing Rhyme & Reason • The Return • Milo Comes Home
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