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Looking for a book I read in the 90s or early 2000s (lemm.ee)
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It was a middle-grade reader, I think. Kind of goofy and spooky, with monsters and toys that came alive. I specifically remember some army men coming alive to fight a monster. Pretty sure the protagonists were two siblings, a girl and a boy.

Any ideas? I wish I could remember more, I listened to it as an audiobook in the 90's or 2000's in the US, I'm pretty sure it was new-ish then so maybe published in the 80's or sooner?

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The Indian in the cupboard?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

That was my guess

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

No, this isn't it although I think it's a similar age range/book category. The book I'm thinking of had a more goofy vibe and it was more like the toys came to life in regular life rather than going into a world with the toys.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3460514-small-soldiers

Based on the movie Small Soldiers?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This isn't it, but thanks for the suggestion!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Darn! It checks all the boxes, it might have been a book riffing on the movie's success. Good luck!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Illiad, or the Odyssey. Gotta be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe both at the same time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is it perhaps part of the Magic Treehouse series?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

No, although I think that's the right age range as I was also reading those books around then!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

ChatGPT spit out three suggestions:

Curious to know if it was right, based on your "prompt".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

None of those are what I'm thinking of, although Castle in the Attic was another favorite of mine around that time. : )