by Mary Norton · Clarion Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780152047375
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«The Borrowers» is Mary Norton's children's fantasy novel, published by Clarion Books in hardcover (192 pages, in English).
The Clock family —Pod, Homily, and their daughter Arrietty— are a family of Borrowers: tiny people who live hidden beneath the floor of an English country house and survive by borrowing what they need from humans. When a boy in the house discovers their hiding place, their secret home is in danger and they must consider fleeing.
«The Borrowers» is the first book in the Borrowers series. It includes the original illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush. The work received the Carnegie Medal in 1952.
Recommended for readers aged 8 to 12, especially those seeking a classic of children's fantasy.
Kathleen Mary Norton was an English writer of children's books. She is best known for The Borrowers series of low fantasy novels, which is named after its first book and, in turn, the tiny people who live secretly in the midst of contemporary human civilisation.
