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Looking for a book I read in the 90s or early 2000s (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Bilbo_Haggins@lemm.ee to c/tipofmytongue@lemmy.world

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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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[–] cheeseburger@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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".

[–] Bilbo_Haggins@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Oh man I forgot about that book. Should look it up.