The Indian in the Cupboard

The Indian in the Cupboard

By Lynne Reid Banks

The book The Indian in the Cupboard takes place in the England. The time is the early 1980’s. The main character, Omri, lives in the city. Apparently, he lives in a two-story house with his two brothers and his parents. (Although, later he lives with his small Indian, Little Bear, also.)

Omri is a boy is middle school with a strange personality. He isn’t what you call “tidy”, but he is not messy. He actually likes cupboards, and wasn’t disappointed when he got a medicine cupboard for his birthday. He is an average student, though he is known by the principal well. He actually is a bit of a loner, as he prefers to be alone in his room and doesn’t like all the hustle in the morning past his bedroom. In the book, his favorite class seems to be art.

In the story, there is one main problem. When Omri locked away a plastic Indian his best friend Patrick gave him in a cupboard, the Indian, “Little Bear”, comes to life. Omri has to figure out what to do with him, as Little Bear is a live person and has the same human needs, but in miniature sizes. (He needed things like food, shelter, etc.). The problem becomes bigger when he loses the magical key that brought the toy to life, so Omri couldn't solve the problem by “sending” him back, as the cupboard also sent back toys to plastic figure.

This book related to me since the theme is it is a really about believing in magic and thinking anything is possible, and I can sometimes have great imagination. I actually would recommend this book to anyone who likes magic and imagination. I would recommend this book because it is one of the greatest books I ever read, and I would give it one-hundred out of one hundred. It is really hard to find a great book like this. The rest of the series is amazing and wonderful, too.

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Again, another school project. My teacher may seem very mean, but I like all the extra work. :P