Age Group: 9 - 12 Years

Description:

Beneath the floorboards of a quiet English country house live the Clock family — Pod, Homily, and their adventurous daughter Arrietty — tiny people just a few inches tall who survive by "borrowing" the odds and ends that humans never miss: a postage stamp for a painting, a thimble for a cup, a safety pin for a latch. Theirs is a secret, careful life, for the one unbreakable rule is never to be seen. But curious, restless Arrietty longs for the world beyond, and when she strikes up a forbidden friendship with a lonely human boy, everything the Borrowers depend on is suddenly at risk. This beloved Carnegie Medal-winning classic blends cosy, ingenious detail with real suspense, inviting readers into a miniature world hidden just out of sight — and asking what courage and freedom truly cost.