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?
ChatGPT spit out three suggestions:
- The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright
- Night of the Living Dummy from the Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine
- The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop (1985)
Curious to know if it was right, based on your “prompt”.
None of those are what I’m thinking of, although Castle in the Attic was another favorite of mine around that time. : )
The Indian in the cupboard?
That was my guess
The Illiad, or the Odyssey. Gotta be.
Maybe both at the same time.
Is it perhaps part of the Magic Treehouse series?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3460514-small-soldiers
Based on the movie Small Soldiers?
This isn’t it, but thanks for the suggestion!