The Indian in the Cupboard
by Lynne Reid Banks (HarperCollins)

The first of five wonderful books that follow the adventures of Omri and his Iroquois Indian. By locking his plastic American Indian figurine in the medicine cabinet he has just received for his birthday, Omri's new toy springs to life. However having an alive miniature Indian is not as easy and fun as it first seems to be. Lynne Reid Banks' creates a new kind of magic, one that exists alongside an ordinary life and it is utterly enchanting.