*Book Review* The Borrowers by Mary Norton

Reviewed By: Siobhán
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Published: 3rd July 2014 (Re-issued)
Publisher: Puffin Classic
Source: Publisher for Review
Genre: Children's Classic, Adventure
Shelfability: Covet
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Description:

A Puffin Book - stories that last a lifetime.

Puffin Modern Classics are relaunched under a new logo: A Puffin Book. There are 20 titles to collect in the series, listed below, all with exciting new covers and fun-filled endnotes.

The Borrowers live in the secret places of quiet old houses; behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. They own nothing, borrow everything, and think that human beings were invented just to do the dirty work. Arrietty's father, Pod, was an expert Borrower. He could scale curtains using a hatpin, and bring back a doll's teacup without breaking it. Girls weren't supposed to go borrowing but as Arrietty was an only child her father broke the rule, and then something happened which changed their lives. She made friends with the human boy living in the house... - Amazon.co.uk

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