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Dec 19, 2016
Nick
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This is one of those books that drove one of my teachers crazy, because she liked to neatly categorize everything. The only actual aspect of fantasy in this story is that, as far as we know, humanoid creatures as small as the Borrowers do not exist. There are no elements of magic, and Mary Norton did her best to have them obey the laws of physics, other than just being really small.
So, it's sort of fantasy, and sort of not.
In any case, when I was a kid I didn't read the back cover blurb, so I ha ...more
So, it's sort of fantasy, and sort of not.
In any case, when I was a kid I didn't read the back cover blurb, so I ha ...more
Jan 25, 2013
Jennette Neville
marked it as to-read
Nov 15, 2016
Kelli
marked it as to-read
