Lynne Banks: The Indian in the Cupboard Complete Collection

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The Indian in the Cupboard first published in Great Britain by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd in 1981 First published by HarperCollins in 1988 Text © Lynne Reid Banks 1981 Illustrations © Piers Sanford 1999

Return of the Indian first published in Great Britain by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd in 1986 First published by HarperCollins in 1988 Text © Lynne Reid Banks 1986 Illustrations © Piers Sanford 1999

The Secret of the Indian first published in Great Britain by Collins in 1989 Text © Lynne Reid Banks 1989 Illustrations © Piers Sanford 1999

The Mystery of the Cupboard first published by Collins in 1993 Text © Lynne Reid Banks 1993 Illustrations © Piers Sanford 1993

The Key to the Indian first published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd in 1998 Text © Lynne Reid Banks 1998 Illustrations © Piers Sanford 1998

Cover design © HarperCollins Publishers 2014

Note from the author copyright © 2000 Lynne Reid Banks

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Source ISBNs:

9780007379798

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Ebook Edition © DECEMBER 2014 ISBN: 9780008124243

Version: 2014-11-25

Cover

Title Page The Indian in the Cupboard Complete Collection The Indian in the CupboardReturn of the IndianThe Secret of the IndianThe Mystery of the CupboardThe Key to the Indian LYNNE REID BANKS

Copyright

The Indian in the Cupboard

Return of the Indian

The Secret of the Indian

The Mystery of the Cupboard

The Key to the Indian

The Iroquois

Native American Names

Totem Poles

Native American Symbols

The Native American Shield

Cave Paintings

Laying a Trail

Native American Game

Dream-catchers

What If…

Keep Reading

About the Author

Also by the Author

About the Publisher

For Omri – who else?

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

1. Birthday Presents

2. The Door is Shut

3. Thirty Scalps

4. The Great Outdoors

5. Tommy

6. The Chief is Dead, Long Live the Chief

7. Uninvited Brothers

8. Cowboy!

9. Shooting Match

10. Breakfast Truce

11. School

12. Trouble With Authority

13. Art and Accusation

14. The Fateful Arrow

15. Underfloor Adventure

16. Brothers

A Note From the Author

IT WAS NOT that Omri didn’t appreciate Patrick’s birthday present to him. Far from it. He was really very grateful – sort of. It was, without a doubt, very kind of Patrick to give Omri anything at all, let alone a secondhand plastic Red Indian which he himself had finished with.

The trouble was, though, that Omri was getting a little fed up with small plastic figures, of which he had loads. Biscuit-tinsful, probably three or four if they were all put away at the same time, which they never were because most of the time they were scattered about in the bathroom, the loft, the kitchen, the breakfast-room, not to mention Omri’s bedroom and the garden. The compost heap was full of soldiers which, over several autumns, had been raked up with the leaves by Omri’s mother, who was rather careless about such things.

Omri and Patrick had spent many hours together playing with their joint collections of plastic toys. But now they’d had about enough of them, at least for the moment, and that was why, when Patrick brought his present to school on Omri’s birthday, Omri was disappointed. He tried not to show it, but he was.

“Do you really like him?” asked Patrick as Omri stood silently with the Indian in his hand.

“Yes, he’s fantastic,” said Omri in only a slightly flattish voice. “I haven’t got an Indian.”

“I know.”

“I haven’t got any cowboys either.”

“Nor have I. That’s why I couldn’t play anything with him.”

Omri opened his mouth to say, “I won’t be able to either,” but, thinking that might hurt Patrick’s feelings, he said nothing, put the Indian in his pocket and forgot about it.

After school there was a family tea, and all the excitement of his presents from his parents and his two older brothers. He was given his dearest wish – a skateboard complete with kick-board and cryptonic wheels from his mum and dad, and from his eldest brother, Adiel, a helmet. Gillon, his other brother, hadn’t bought him anything because he had no money (his pocket-money had been stopped some time ago in connection with a very unfortunate accident involving their father’s bicycle). So when Gillon’s turn came to give Omri a present, Omri was very surprised when a large parcel was put before him, untidily wrapped in brown paper and string.

“What is it?”

“Have a look. I found it in the alley.”

The alley was a narrow passage that ran along the bottom of the garden where the dustbins stood. The three boys used to play there sometimes, and occasionally found treasures that other – perhaps richer – neighbours had thrown away. So Omri was quite excited as he tore off the paper.