<p>Discussion starters for The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Justerl </p><p> Quotes 1. "Wherever he was he wished he were somewhere else, and when he got there he wondered why he'd bothered". 2. "Milo began to think as hard as he could (which was very difficult, since he wasn't used to it)". 3. "There were voices to hear and conversations to listen to in wonder, and the special smell of each day. . . . worlds to imagine and then someday make real".</p><p> Compare and contrast a character from The Phantom Tollbooth to a character in the previous novel read by the class.  What one question/statement would you like to direct to Norton Juster if he walked into the classroom?  What expectations do you as reader have when you read the sign, "Dictionopolis"?  Which do you like better, words or numbers, and why?</p>