Author: Mary Norton
Title: The Borrowers
Illustrator: none
Genre: Chapter Book
Subgenre: Fantasy
Theme: freedom
Primary character: Pod, Homily
Secondary character: Arrietty
Awards: none
Date of Publication: 2003
Publication Company: Odyssey Classics
Summary: A family of “borrowers” lives in a quiet country house in England. They live under the floorboards. Their one great fear is of being seen by human beings. One day Arrietty, the borrowers’ daughter, meets a human being boy who is visiting the house and a unique friendship develops.
Use with students: This book would be great to use with older students. They could learn vocabulary in the book, as well as, write an essay imagining himself or herself as a “borrower” in someone’s home. What would you use as a pillow if you were only inches tall??
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