The Borrowers Avenged [Paperback]

Mary Norton (Author), Beth Krush (Illustrator), Joe Krush (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Odyssey Classic

Pod, Homily, and Arrietty escape from the Platters’ attic and set off to an old rectory to begin life anew. “Like her Borrowers, the author is resourceful, inventive, and patient, and her fantasy continues to be totally real and acceptable.”--The Horn Book

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"Like her Borrowers the author is resourceful, inventive, and patient. . . . Her fantasy continues to be totally real and totally acceptable."--The Horn Book

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Mary Norton (1903–1992) lived in England, where she was an actress, playwright, and award-winning author of books for young readers, including The Magic Bed-Knob and Bonfires

and Broomsticks, the two books that formed the basis for the classic Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

The Krushes might be known best for their work on the American edition of the five-book series The Borrowers by the British writer Mary Norton, published here from 1953 to 1971.

She also did the artwork for The Shoe Bird, (1964) the only children's book by Eudora Welty, the 1973 Pulitzer Prize winner in fiction.

Their son, Jay, a music lecturer at Temple University and a published illustrator, said that as a child he was welcomed into their collaboration.
 
They lived Wayne, Pennsylvania, (near Philadelphia).

Joe Krush is a children's book illustrator. 
  
He was assigned "as a graphic designer to the Nürnberg war crimes trials to perform necessary art and presentation work which would facilitate the operation of the trial court both in London and Nürnberg, Germany." He lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania, (near Philadelphia) with wife & co-illustrator, Beth Krush.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Sandpiper (August 24, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0152105328
• ISBN-13: 978-0152105327
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,729,576 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a good end to an otherwise delightful series., February 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Borrowers Avenged (Turtleback)

This book was undoubtedly not intended to be the last in the series, but unfortunately it was. The book left several very important characters at odds in the end it a disheartening way. If I had to do it over again, I would have stopped the series with The Borrower's Aloft. Other than this story, the rest of the series by Mary Norton was a delightful addition to our family's storytime.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinatingly different, September 5, 2001

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Borrowers Avenged (Hardcover)

This book was written in 1982 as an afterthought to the earlier books (The Borrowers (1952), The Borrowers Afield (1955), The Borrowers Afloat (1959), and Poor Stainless (1966)). This follows the Clocks (Pod, Homily and Arrietty) after their escape from the Platters. Having found their way to an old rectory, the Clocks realize that they will never really be safe.

This book is quite different from the earlier books. This story contains social commentary, as seen when the family meets Peregrine Overmantle, and the introduction of more fantastic elements, such as a household ghost. It's quite interesting to imagine where Mary Norton might have gone, had she had the time to write more Borrowers stories. Anyway, this is a great book, and well worth your time and money.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Saga Continues, May 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Borrowers Avenged (Paperback)

Just to set everyone straight, this book is NOT based on the campy, sellout movie "The Borrowers." The movie should be renounced by all true fans, as it is a badly done attempt at commercializing on Mary Norton's brilliant ideas. Anyway, "The Borrowers Avenged" was written more than ten years before the Borrowers movie. It continues the story of Pod, Homily, and Arrietty, as they finally settle into an old rectory. It raises important questions about the future--(who will Arrietty marry, Spiller or Peagreen? I tend to think Peagreen.), but as all good Norton stories, gives you room to decide for yourself.