The Borrowers

by Mary Norton (Author) Joe Krush (Illustrator)

The Borrowers
A enchanting and enduring children's classic, The Borrowers is the award-winning tale of three tiny people who are big heroes.

The Clock family--Homily, Pod, and their fourteen-year-old daughter, Arrietty--are tiny people who live underneath the kitchen floor of an English 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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Praise for Mary Norton's The Borrowers:
"A book that begs to be shared."—The Horn Book

"The magic and charm of the writing convince children and grown-ups, too, that Borrowers really do exist."—School Library Journal
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780152047375
Lexile Measure
780
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Clarion Books
Publication date
April 20, 2003
Series
Odyssey/Harcourt Young Classic
BISAC categories
JUV007000 - Juvenile Fiction | Classics
JUV013000 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | General
Library of Congress categories
Fantasy

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