The Borrowers Afield
The Borrowers Afield by Mary Norton, published by Sandpiper in 1998, is a captivating tale that continues the adventures of the Borrowers. In this first edition, readers follow Pod, Homily, and their daughter, Arrietty, as they are forced to leave their cozy home due to a rat catcher. The story unfolds as they navigate the dangers of the outdoors, encountering various life-threatening challenges while searching for a new place to call home.
As the Borrowers journey through the unfamiliar world, they face threats from cows, moths, and field mice, all while discovering the unexpected joys and dramas that life outside their old home can offer. This edition, comprising 215 pages, presents a rich narrative that explores themes of family and resilience within the context of juvenile fiction and classic literature. Readers will find themselves immersed in the Borrowers’ brave quest for survival and belonging in a vast and often perilous environment.
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Driven out of their cozy house by the rat catcher, the Borrowers find themselves homeless. Worse, they are lost and alone in a frightening new world: the outdoors. Nearly everything outside–cows, moths, field mice, cold weather–is a life-threatening danger for the tiny Borrowers. But as they bravely journey across country in search of a new home and learn how to survive in the wild, Pod, Homily, and their daughter, Arrietty, discover that the world beyond their old home has more joy, drama, and people than they’d ever imagined.
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