Indian in the Cupboard - Lynne Reid Banks

The Indian in the Cupboard is the first of five gripping books about Omri and his plastic North American Indian - Little Bull - who comes alive when Omri puts him in a cupboard. For Omri it is a dream come true when the plastic American Indian he locks into the old cupboard comes to life. Little Bull is everything an Indian brave should be - proud fearless and defiant. But being in charge of a real live human being is a heavy responsibility as Omri soon discovers. And when his best friend Patrick is let in on the secret he soon realises that life-changing decisions lie ahead.