The premise of the Indian in the Cupboard is thus: on Omri’s birthday he’s given a magic cupboard, a magic key, and a plastic Indian. There’s magic in a lot of books, but this one is special in that it really does help to be a kid.ĭon't miss my interview with author Lynne Reid Banks, one of my biggest writing heroes. Because there’s magic in The Indian in the Cupboard. You’ll still enjoy it, I guess, but it won’t be quite the same. If you haven’t read The Indian in the Cupboard and you’re still a kid, drop everything and read it right now! If you’re an adult and you haven’t read it, well, give it a look. I loved this book as a kid, I read all the sequels, and having only just rediscovered it as an adult, I found I loved it no less for having grown up (sort of). I've tried a couple of times to watch the movie version, but I just can’t get into it-probably because they cast American actors and this is very much an English story, despite its reliance on American western mythology. Having just told you that, I think you’ll agree that there’s little point in my bothering with a review. The Indian in the Cupboard is absolutely a classic and one of my favorite books from my own childhood.
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