The Book Project: The Indian in the Cupboard

Saturday, May 4, 2013

The Indian in the Cupboard - Lynne Reid Banks

one sentence summary:
A boy's toys begin to come to life.
Review:
This is a wonderful whimsical book that I recommend to all early readers, it is written to about a grade 4 level. I really enjoy the story,the plot is quick and highly entertaining (I do not recommend the movie... it isn't particularly good). The vocabulary is remarkably extensive for a book written to this level. The characters are all really well written as well.
10/10

If you enjoyed this check out E B White and Edith Nesbitt

1 comment:

AnonymousMay 8, 2013 at 6:50 PM
This was my FAVOURITE book as a kid, and my copy is in tatters from being re-read so many times. Here's hoping more young people (and not as young people too!) discover this magical book so it gets more recognition, which it totally deserves!
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There are 3 possible ratings

The first is overall as in overall how good I think the book is

1-2 DO NOT READ,

3-4 Maybe read if you are in a cabin stuck for days and there is absolutely nothing else to read,

5-6 if you like the genre go for it,

7-8 if you think you might like the genre but aren't really sure go for it,

9-10 even if you hate the genre read this book

The second (which will be pink/purple) is the "smut rating", for trashy romance which rates totally on ease of read, story, sex and happy endings

The third (which will be in green because I like green) is "for the younger reader" as in would a young teen get a kick out of this and put down the XBox controller long enough to finish the book (that being 10/10)

Also I will categorize these books -

Elementary School (no sex/violence easy to read in grade 4 but subject appropriate for younger kids too),

Middle School (no sex, some violence but not nightmare inducing and easy to read at grade 6-9) and

High School (good enough for an adult but with teenage characters may include sex / violence OR coming of age stories OR a book I just think should be read before adulthood).