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Written on May 1, 2023
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...
- ISBN10 014036451X
- ISBN13 9780140364514
- Publish Date 28 October 1993 (first published December 1952)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 July 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Imprint Puffin Classics
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English
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