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      First published in the USA by Epstein & Carroll Associates Inc. 1961

      And by Random House, Inc. 1964

      First published in Great Britain by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1962

      This edition published by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2008

      Copyright © 1961 Norton Juster

      Copyright renewed 1989 by Norton Juster

      Note from the author copyright © 1999 Norton Juster

      Illustrations copyright © 1961 Jules Feiffer

      Copyright renewed 1989 by Jules Feiffer

      Why You’ll Love This Book copyright © 2008 Diana Wynne Jones

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       Dedication

       To Andy and Kenny who waited so patiently

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Map

1. Milo

2. Beyond Expectations

3. Welcome to Dictionopolis

4. Confusion in the Market Place

5. Short Shrift

       6. Faintly Macabre’s Story

       7. The Royal Banquet

       8. The Humbug Volunteers

       9. It All Depends How You Look at Things

       10. A Colourful Symphony

       11. Dischord and Dynne

       12. The Silent Valley

       13. Unfortunate Conclusions

       14. The Dodecahedron Leads the Way

       15. This Way to Infinity

       16. A Very Dirty Bird

       17. Unwelcoming Committee

       18. Castle in the Air

       19. The Return of Rhyme and Reason

       20. Goodbye and Hello

       Keep Reading

       Why You’ll Love This Book: by Diana Wynne Jones

       About the Author

       About the Publisher

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       Chapter One MILO

      THERE WAS ONCE a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself – not just

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