The Borrowers Aloft
Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock – the family of tiny Borrowers – think they have at last found an ideal home. They've moved into a house in a miniature village built as a hobby by a retired railroad man. The village is the perfect size for the Borrowers, and after the hardships they've faced, the Clocks gratefully settle into the luxury of having a "proper" house. The easy life makes them careless.
Or, rather, it makes Arrietty careless. She befriends a "human bean," and the next thing Arrietty knows, she and her family have been kidnapped. Their captors are a greedy married couple, called the Platters, who have big plans for the little people. They have created their own miniature village in a glass case and plan to imprison the Borrowers within – like animals in a zoo – for the rest of their lives.
About the Borrowers Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Borrowers(1952)
- 2.The Borrowers Afield(1954)
- 3.The Borrowers Afloat(1959)
- 4.The Borrowers Aloft(1961)
- 5.The Borrowers Avenged(1982)
Reading age: 7+ years
This series should be read in order.
Beneath the kitchen floor is the world of the Borrowers – Pod and Homily Clock and their daughter, Arrietty. In their tiny home, matchboxes double as roomy dressers and postage stamps hang on the walls like paintings. Whatever the Clocks need they simply "borrow" from the "human beans" who live above them. It's a comfortable life, but boring if you're a kid. Only Pod is allowed to venture into the house above, because the danger of being seen by a human is too great. Borrowers who are seen by humans are never seen again. Yet Arrietty won't listen. There is a human boy up there, and Arrietty is desperate for a friend.