I just reread this to refresh my memory of it before adding it to my classroom library.It's always fascinating to go back and read books as an adult that I'd enjoyed as a child and see how different they are. I'd not remembered, for instance, that this was set in England. I'd not remembered Patric...
This story of the Brontes is interesting because the lives of the Brontes would be almost impossible to make boring. However, I did not get much more from this book than what I had already inferred from reading the Brontes' novels. To say that it is not written to the Bronte standard would be an und...
The Indian in the Cupboard is a very moving story about a boy named Omri who discovers he has a magical cupboard that can bring plastic toys to life.In some places, the text seems a little racist, dealing mainly with stereotypes. The most noticeable occurance of this is Little Bull, who speaks in br...
No wonder I loved this book so much as a kid. I remember reading it at least three times, and I'm so glad I was able to find it again. It's just a great adventure story.
Picking up exactly where 'Return' left off, 'The Secret of the Indian' has a lot more happening. Patrick, typically, muddles things up by demanding (and, bizarrely, succeeding) in getting a chance to travel back to Boone's American West while the fallout of the last book's adventures plays out -- in...
Picking up a year after the events of the first book, 'The Return of the Indian' lacks a lot of the power and insight of the 'The Indian in the Cupboard'. Omri's family has moved to a bigger house in a rougher neighborhood, his friend Patrick has moved away, and he's taunted by skinheads every after...
Explanations for magic are often unnecessary and unwelcome in children's books (scratch that - in fantasy in general), but Lynne Reid Banks provides an excellent origin story for the cupboard and key and their mysterious properties. I enjoy a good explanation when it can be found, and while some of ...
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