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__The Indian In The Cupboard __

This was the most interesting book I've ever read. It was a fantasy wonderland, full of exciting adventures so real it could happen in your very own room; literally! I really enjoyed reading this novel.


 * Author: Lynne Reid Banks **


 * Genre: Fantasy **


 * Setting: England in the 1990s **


 * Main Characters: Omri, Little Bear, Patrick, Boone, Bright Stars **

Summary of the Plot It all started with a birthday present Omri didn't even want. Patrick, his best friend, gave him a small plastic Indian about three inches tall. Omri had a bunch of other little plastic figures but he would soon find out why this one was special. He also received a cupboard that used to belong to his grandmother who was poor and had nothing. His mom gave Omri his grandmother's special key to open the cupboard. That night Omri put the Indian in the cupboard and locked it. He woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of knocking on the cupboard door. He opened the door and to his surprise the Indian was real.

In the morning Omri open the cupboard door and the Indian was still there. Omri reached to touch him, but he lashed out with his knife and "cut" him. Omri introduced himself but when the Indian didn't cooperate, Omri shut the cupboard door and locked it. When he went to school that day, he couldn't really concentrate. He was so excited that he had his own little real Indian! He had to tell someone,but he fought the urge. After school, he went straight to his room and opened the cupboard, but the Indian was plastic again. Then Omri figured it out, the key was magical. Just to make sure he was right he closed the cupboard door (with the Indian in it) and locked it. Then he waited 1..2..3..4..5 he jerked the door open and there stood the little Indian staring back at him. This time the Indian remained calm. Omri asked his name and the Indian replied, "Little Bear". Omri asked if he could pick him up and set him on the ground and the Indian agreed. After that, Omri made a horse and a teepee real in the cupboard for the him. The next day, Omri told his best friend Patrick about the Little Bear. Of course, Patrick didn't believe him. After school, Omri went to Yapp's, a local toy store, to buy another Indian to give their bow and arrow to Little Bear. He also got a chief so Little Bear would stop complaining. When he got home he turned the 2 other Indians real along with the bow, but when he turned the chief real, he accidentally scared him so bad he died of fright. After that Little Bear made himself chief, because the old chief died. The next day, Omri invited Patrick over to prove that he wasn't lying. While at their house Patrick found out about Little Bear and without Omri's permission, turned a cowboy named Boone real.

After school, Omri and Patrick went to Yapp's to buy a wife for Little Bear. That night Patrick spent the night a Omri's. They had a wedding feast for Little Bear and his new wife, Bright Stars. After the feast, the boys decided that they should return the three little people back "to their own time" or in other words back to being plastic. After Omri and Patrick said goodbye to their friends, they gave the key back to Omri's Mom, just to make sure they didn't mess around with it's magic any more. Then they went back to their regular lives.

= I really enjoyed reading this book. I thought that this book was the most interesting book i've read, so i would recommend this book to anyone that hasn't read it yet. The Indian In The Cupboard was the BEST book ever!!!!!!! = = Links = Here is a link to [|another report] about __The Indian in the Cupboard.__ I choose this link because it is a very accurate and detailed report on the book.
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