Watership Down

"Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren, he was sure of it. So was his brother Hazel, because Fiver's sixth sense was never wrong. They had to leave immediately and had to persuade the other rabbits to join them. And so begins a long and dangerous journey of a small group of rabbits in search of a safe home. Fiver's vision eventually takes them to Watership Down, but here they face the most difficult challenge of all" - Back cover. Suggested level: intermediate, basic secondary.

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Hazel (fictional rabbit character), Fiver (fictional rabbit character), Bigwig (fictional rabbit character), Captain Holly (fictional rabbit character), General Woundwort (fictional rabbit character), El-ahrairah (fictional rabbit character), Rabscuttle (fictional rabbit character), Kehaar (fictional seagull character)Places

Sandleford Warren (England), Watership Down (England), Nuthanger Farm (England), Efrafa (England)Times

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Originally published: London: Rex Collings, 1972.

Carnegie Medal; Guardian Children's Fiction Award

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Watership Down is the compelling story of a group of wild rabbits fighting to retain their place in the world; will soon be made into a BBC and Netflix animated miniseries starring Oscar and Grammy Award-winning James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult and Sir Ben Kingsley.

A phenomenal global bestseller for over forty years, Richard Adams' Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in the Downs of England, a once-idyllic rural landscape, this moving story of adventure, courage and survival follows a group of very special creatures as they flee the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a pair of brave brothers, they journey from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.