The Borrowers Afield

Driven from their home in the big house, Pod, Homily, and Arrietty take up life in a boot.

Pod wedges their leather shelter under the roots of an old oak tree, mending the toe with twine and lacing the ankle against alarms. Homily frets over damp, while Arrietty climbs the sunny bank to gather wild strawberries.

The green hedgerow is a wonderland for Arrietty, but open fields bring perils their quiet wainscot never knew. Sudden crows, foraging field mice, and the chill of autumn threaten the tiny family at every turn.

To survive the coming frost, they must rely on Spiller, a solitary young borrower who scours the river in a floating soap dish. With winter closing in, staying hidden is their only hope.

• Survival Stories for Kids: From boiling water in an aspirin lid, the family must invent ingenious ways to stay alive in the wild.
• Kids Adventure Books: Arrietty navigates rushing currents in a dented soap box and scales towering hedgerows using thorns and lissom branches.
• Unlikely Hero: Clad in moleskin, the solitary young borrower Spiller becomes the family's most unexpected woodland ally.
• Also by This Author: The Borrowers, The Borrowers Avenged and The Borrowers Afloat.