num_pages: 224
description: 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 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.Also features the short Borrowers tale Poor Stainless
language: English
title: The Borrowers Aloft; with the short tale, Poor Stainless
titlecomplete: The Borrowers Aloft; with the short tale, Poor Stainless (The Borrowers #4)
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, Classics, Young Readers, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Chapter Books, Fantasy, Adventure
ratings_count: 769
series: The Borrowers
publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company