The Borrowers
by Mary Norton (Author)
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?
Recognition: Carnegie Medal (1952); Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1960)
Recognition: Carnegie Medal (1952); Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1960)
Borrowers Series—Summary and Book Order
Series: BorrowersReading level: 7+
Books in series: 5
Read in order? Yes
Next release: Finished
Tags: classic fantasy family friendship adventure
Print series book list
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)