Mary Norton

The further adventures of the family of miniature people who, after losing their home under the kitchen floor of an old English house, are forced to move out to the fields.

In 1940 three children and a kindly apprentice witch ride a magic bedstead and help repel the invasion of England. A witch and three waifs help defeat the Nazis in England in 1940.

"In a secret world hidden beneath the floorboards, little people called Borrowers live quietly among us. But when tenacious and tiny Arrietty is discovered by Shawn, a human boy, their secret and forbidden friendship blossoms into an extraordinary adventure"--Container.