a boy goes on a life changing journey
review:
somehow I made it to 28 years old with out having read this wonderful story. I highly recommend any middle schooler who has not read it read it now, anyone younger go find someone to read it with you (it has some pretty big words for little people to sound out). It is a wonderful never ending play on words as Milo travels through a hilariously described land, the Kingdom of wisdom with his friend Tock the watch dog and Humbug. They run into a whole bunch of interesting characters such as; the spelling bee, the princesses rhyme and reason, King Azaz and the Mathmagician. The illustrations are awesome too, it is all together a perfect book to expand the vocabulary of any child (and also teach a few life lessons along the way).
6/10
10/10 elementary/middle school
"Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens."
"The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that."
"The only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort"
"Whether or not you find your own way, you're bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it's quite rusty."
If you enjoyed this read books by:
Roald Dahl
Beverly Cleary
Natalie Babbitt
Judy Blume (also writes grown-up books do not confuse the two)
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