A kid named Milo is very bored. He finds a tollbooth in his room and drives through it. In there he finds many new friends, has new adventures, more problems, and more solutions.
The Characters
The main character is Milo. He meets Tock, a watch dog, the Humbug, Rhyme and Reason, the Which, King Azaz, the Mathamagician, the Dodecahedron,* Dr. Dischord, and the Terrible Dynne.
The Setting
The settings are Milo's apartment, Dictionopolis, Digitopolis, the Land of Disillusion, the Island of Conclusions, the Way to Infinity, the Castle in the Air, and the Valley of Sound, which is silent, until Milo sets the sounds free.
The Problem
The problem is Milo is bored. He says, "There's nothing for me to do, nowhere I care to go, and hardly anything worth seeing."
The Solution ... is found inside the Tollbooth.
* my mom had to look up this word
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Thank you to a talented young writer for this guest post. Like fantasy? Some others I've enjoyed here: http://what2readornot.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-to-banish-reading-doldrums.html
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