num_pages: 155
description: The Clock family live hidden away behind the clock in the hall, beneath the kitchen floorboards. Homily, Pod and their daughter Arrietty are the last Borrowers to remain in the big house, once swarming with tiny folk. They own nothing, but live off what they borrow from the 'human beans' who don't even know they exist.When Arrietty is allowed to follow in her father's footsteps and venture into the world 'upstairs' something happens which will change all their lives...
language: English
title: The Borrowers
titlecomplete: The Borrowers
characters: Pod, Arrietty, Homily
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Classics, Childrens, Childrens Classics, Fantasy
ratings_count: 96175
series: The Borrowers
awards: awardedAt: -315590400000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, awardedAt: -568051200000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: MDS Books