The Fantastic Adventure Continues…
In The Return of the Indian, Omri found he could transport himself and his friend Patrick into the dangerous nineteenth-century world of his miniature friends. Now, in The Secret of the Indian, much of England is devastated by a disastrous cyclone Patrick brings back from the American Old West.
“Displays Banks’s own magical gift for creating sympathetic characters, believable elements of fantasy, and an irresistible narrative flow.” –Booklist
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November 11, 2008 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780739373736
- File size: 97285 KB
- Duration: 03:22:40
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- English
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- Text Difficulty: 3-6
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Publisher's Weekly
September 1, 1989
In this sequel to The Indian in the Cupboard and The Return of the Indian , Omri and Patrick are hailed as heroes after they ward off a burglary by a gang of hoodlums. Luckily for the boys, none of the adults take much notice of the miniature bullet holes in the walls, and with the secret of the magic cupboard intact, they are free to secure medical aid for Little Bear's band of wounded Indian braves. During the melee, Patrick finds a way to send himself back in time to the Wild West, and brings back not only cowboy Boone's girlfriend Ruby Lou for a miniature wedding, but a tag-along cyclone that almost destroys the city. Though the story will delight readers with the same richness of character and deft storytelling as its predecessors, the action scenes and cupboard time-travel sometimes stumble in an effort to top one another, obscuring the simple wonder and detail that distinguished The Indian in the Cupboard. Still, this fantasy-adventure is gracefully enhanced by a powerful concern for the care of all human beings, no matter how small. Ages 7-12. -
AudioFile Magazine
Viewed through the scrim of adolescent imagination, cowboys as well as Indians seem equally stereotypical--but then, they are plastic figures brought to life. The plot--occurring as it does in two arenas--is less easy to follow in audio format than was the first volume. But the breakneck pace of the action and the cliff-hanger chapter endings make this a seat gripper--the audio equivalent of a page-turner. The author reads briskly, with just enough differentiation in the voices to help listeners sort out the cast of characters. A solid production of a popular favorite. K.T.B. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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- OverDrive Listen audiobook
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- English
Levels
- Text Difficulty:3-6
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