The Return of the Indian
core novel 1986 The Indian in the Cupboard
Record
| First published | 1986 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.86 (13,370 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780385234979 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
A year after Omri sent Little Bear back through the cupboard, he finds the magic key his mother left lying out and cannot resist turning it once more. Little Bear is alive in his own time, the era of the French and Indian wars, but this time he is badly wounded and his village is in danger of being destroyed. Omri brings him back to the present to be cared for, and then has to decide how far a boy can go in helping a friend who belongs to a different world. His friend Patrick is drawn in again, and the cupboard's power to bring people and things across time is tested further.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Indian in the Cupboard
- Series: The Indian in the Cupboard core; position 2 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Lynne Reid Banks
Notes
- From the series record (The Indian in the Cupboard): Five children's fantasy novels about a boy, a magic cupboard and the toy figures it brings to life.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Indian in the Cupboard: position 2 of 5: previous The Indian in the Cupboard (1980) · next The Secret of the Indian (1989)
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Indian in the Cupboard
- Roundabout Bookstore listing (Doubleday, 1986)
- Dogobooks: The Return of the Indian
- Publishers Weekly review
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