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Cover of The Borrowers by Mary Norton The BorrowersMary Norton

The Borrowers

by Mary Norton

Ages 8–11 Reading age 9 Novel Set in everyday life adventurousthoughtful

A family six inches tall lives under the kitchen floor, taking what the humans never miss. Then the daughter is seen, and everything changes.

A story about children and magical creatures, adventurous and thoughtful in tone. We would put it with children of 8–11, and at a reading age of about 9 for reading alone.

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