The Indian in the Cupboard - Hardcover

Banks, Lynne Reid

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385170513 ISBN 13: 9780385170512

Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 1985

Synopsis

Full of magic and appealing characters, this classic novel takes readers on a remarkable adventure.

It's Omri's birthday, but all he gets from his best friend, Patrick, is a little plastic Indian toy. Trying to hide his disappointment, Omri puts the Indian in a metal cupboard and locks the door with a mysterious skeleton key that once belonged to his great-grandmother. Little does Omri know that by turning the key, he will transform his ordinary plastic Indian into a real live man from an altogether different time and place! Omri and the tiny warrior called Little Bear could hardly be more different, yet soon the two forge a very special friendship. Will Omri be able to keep Little Bear without anyone finding out and taking his precious Indian from him?

About this title

Review:

"Skyhigh fantasy that will enthrall readers."--Publishers Weekly

"Best novel of the year (1981)."--The New York Times.

Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award, California Young Reader Medal, Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award, A Virginia Young Readers Award.

From the Back Cover:

Neither Omri nor the Indian moved for perhaps a minute and a half. They hardly breathed either. They just stared at eachother.

At first Omri is unimpressed with the plastic Indian toy he is given for his birthday. But when he puts it in his old cupboard and turns the key, something extraordinary happens that will change Omri's life forever. For Little Bull, the Iroquois Indian brave, comes to life...

'Enthralling and hair-raising reading.'
TLS

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0385170513
• ISBN 13: 9780385170512
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192