Fantasy

The borrowers

by Mary NortonBook 1 of 5 in Borrowers
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The Borrowers—the Clock family: Homily, Pod, and their fourteen-year-old daughter, Arrietty, to be precise—are tiny people who live underneath the kitchen floor of an old English country manor. All their minuscule home furnishings, from postage stamp paintings to champagne cork chairs, are "borrowed" from the "human beans" who tromp around loudly above them. All is well until Pod is spotted upstairs by a human boy! Can the Clocks stay nested safely in their beloved hidden home, or will they be forced to flee?

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First published
1952
Pages
180
Reading time
About 4 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Young Adult
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace
Series
Borrowers, Book 1

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