The Borrowers Aloft

When the tiny Clock family is stolen away to be caged in a rival model village, their only route to freedom is straight up.

Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock's huge adventures have been thrilling children young and old for fifty years--and their appeal is as strong as ever in The Borrowers Aloft. Settled in the miniature cottages of Little Fordham, the family believes they have finally escaped human notice.

Their safety ends when greedy rivals trap them in an attic, plotting to exhibit them in a glass cage. Locked away for the winter, resourceful Pod and Arrietty turn an old magazine article into a daring escape plan.

Rigging a toy balloon to a strawberry basket, the miniature heroes prepare to take to the sky. The original beloved interior illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush have been retained, capturing these little people with a larger-than-life appeal.
Middle Grade Adventure: When gentle artist Miss Menzies befriends young Arrietty, she secretly stocks the miniature village shop with tiny groceries, knitted aprons, and dollhouse treasures for the family to borrow.Daring Escape: Imprisoned above Ballyhoggin, Pod dismantles an old musical box for a winch and refashions a broken fountain pen into a valve to regulate the balloon’s gas supply.Unlikely Hero: Arrietty relies on Spiller, a solitary hedgerow borrower who paddles the local streams in a knife-box boat and guards the secret of their survival.Family Adventure: Homily, Pod, and Arrietty pull together through the cold winter, weaving netting from an old shrimping net and measuring rolls of admission tickets as flying ballast.Also by This Author: The Complete Adventures of the Borrowers: 5-Book Paperback Box Set, The Borrowers and The Borrowers Afield.