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Comprehension Questions – The Phantom Tollbooth

The Phantom Tollbooth

By Norton Juster

Grades 5-8; Genre - Fantasy; GRL W; AR pts: 7.0

Milo is a boy who seems unhappy in everything he's doing.  He gets a special delivery which turns out to be a magical tollbooth.  He gets in his little car and decides to try out the phantom tollbooth.  He ends up in a strange land with many strange creatures and ends up trying to help them by saving two princesses that have been banished. Continue reading →

Comprehension Questions- Esperanza Rising

Esperanza Rising 

By Pam Munoz Ryan

Grades 6-8; Genre - Fiction; GRL V; AR pts: 6.0

Living life like a princess, Esperanza is a young girl in Mexico.  She's forced to leave her country with her mother and everything she's known and tries to figure out life and how to survive as an immigrant in American society. Continue reading →