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The Borrowers Avenged by Mary Norton
5.0

[b:The Borrowers Avenged|145386|The Borrowers Avenged (The Borrowers #5)|Mary Beth Norton|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172173524s/145386.jpg|140287] is the perfect conclusion to the Borrowers series. It isn't the picture perfect ending where everyone gets exactly what they want--it's even better. The book ends with a question of whether anyone is every really safe. It's applicable to so many aspects of life and readers of all ages. If you're a young reader you'll be questioning if the borrowers will be able to stay living in the church and rectory without being found by reckless and curious "human beings." Older readers can read deeper into Mary Norton's final lines and question the safety of people in general. It's a wonderful ending, an ending full of questions, an ending that is inconclusive.



[b:The Borrowers Aloft|816223|The Borrowers Aloft (The Borrowers #4)|Mary Beth Norton|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1226407864s/816223.jpg|2685863] highlighted the roles of the human characters and shoved the clock family literally and methophorically into an attic. Arriety, Pod, and Homily lost their main roles and became accessories to a crime plot. Now that the clocks have been avenged, they are back in the spot light where they deserve to be! While the crime plot is still a significant aspect of the story, it is placed in the correct light this time around--their plot is a side action story that keeps you wanting to know how the Clock family is going to survive once again with humans chasing after them. The Clocks are front and center where they belong for their final role and final bow.