The fifth title in this gripping series about Omri and his plastic North American Indian Little Bull who comes alive when Omri puts him in a cupboard Omri and his father travel back in time to find Little Bull and his people in deep trouble, torn between staying in the West and facing extinction or starting a long trek to a new life in Canada. Omris final parting with Little Bull is incredibly moving yet the book is also very funny. We meet other favourite characters as well as some new ones and there are wonderful descriptive passages about Little Bulls longhouse and the Iroquois lifestyle. Even though this seems like the end of the story, Lynne does have ideas for a sequel.
This book is part of a book series called Indian in the Cupboard .
This book has been graded for interest at 9 years.
There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published in 2003 by HarperCollins Publishers .
Lynne Reid Banks is the author of the award-winning Indian in the Cupboard.
This book contains the following story:
The Key to the Indian
Omri and his father travel back in time to find Little Bull and his people in deep trouble, torn between staying in the West and facing extinction or starting a long trek to a new life in Canada. Then there is the final parting of the friends.
This book is in the following series:
The Indian in the Cupboard
Five stories about Omri, and his friend Patrick, who turns his plastic Red Indian, Little Bull, into a real miniature person.
"The Key to the Indian is a swiftly-moving, tightly-plotted, exciting, funny tale, which will keep the reader firmly hooked and frantically turning the pages." Carousel
Praise for The Indian in the Cupboard
`An assured piece of story-telling, well able to stand comparison with older classics."
Times Educational Supplement
"Enthralling and hair-raising reading." TLS
Praise for The Secret of the Indian
"There have been many famous stories in which children's toys come alive: this book is in the same great tradition." School Library Association