"A book on the American Revolution that looks at the critical "long year" of 1774, and the revolutionary change that took place from December 1773 to mid-April 1775, from the Boston Tea Party and the first Continental Congress to the Battle of Lexington and Concord."--

Escaping from an attic where they had been held captive over the long, dark winter, a family of tiny people sets up house in an old rectory.

The Borrowers, a family of miniature people, journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood before finding a new home. Sequel to "The Borrowers Afield."

Collects six stories relating the adventures of a family of Borrowers, miniature people that live in the hidden nooks and crannies of houses and borrow what they need.