{"product_id":"the-borrowers-avenged","title":"The Borrowers Avenged","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePod, Homily, and Arrietty escape from the Platters' attic and set off to an old rectory to begin life anew.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSafely hidden beneath a library window seat, Pod sets to work building three proper rooms partitioned with old book covers. In the cavernous brick chimney, Homily cooks on a turning clock wheel, using twigs dropped down by nesting jackdaws.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Spiller plies the stream in his knife-box boat, Arrietty scales the tall box hedges and gathers seedling mint from the kitchen garden. Nearby in the church, their young cousin Timmus races up the belfry bell ropes, helping guard their quiet corner from the prowling Platters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Like her Borrowers, the author is resourceful, inventive, and patient, and her fantasy continues to be totally real and acceptable.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFound Family: \u003c\/b\u003e Peagreen Overmantel welcomes the Clocks into his quiet corner of the rectory, sharing his wheeled date-box wagon and painting postage-stamp pictures of bumblebees on scraps of canvas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eQuest Adventure: \u003c\/b\u003e Young Timmus navigates the churchyard rood screen and swings from belfry ropes, narrowly dodging an inquisitive terrier named Pouncer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUnlikely Hero: \u003c\/b\u003e Uncle Hendreary and Aunt Lupy establish a resourceful home inside the disused church harmonium, sustained by sweet peppermint bull's-eyes and salvaged candle stubs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBedtime Story: \u003c\/b\u003e Gentle spirits like the weeping little girl on the stairs and clever miniature hideaways make the sprawling country house a rich, comforting world to explore.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlso by This Author: \u003c\/b\u003e The Borrowers, The Borrowers Afield and The Borrowers Afloat.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Harcourt Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51539411173545,"sku":"9780152047313","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8022\/6891\/files\/imageloader_477b4c8d-0c36-4889-8aae-5f16eac649f4.jpg?v=1794502734","url":"https:\/\/tricia-goyer.myshopify.com\/products\/the-borrowers-avenged","provider":"Tricia Goyer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}