Watership Down -- Richard Adams, Paperback

WINNER of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program

Now a Netflix animated miniseries starring James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, and Oscar and Grammy award-winner Sir Ben Kingsley.

A worldwide bestseller for more than forty years, Watership Down is the compelling tale of a band of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world--"a classic yarn of discovery and struggle" (The New York Times).

Richard Adams's Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in the Hampshire Downs in Southern England, an idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of "suspense, hot pursuit, and derring-do" (Chicago Tribune) follows a band of rabbits in flight from the incursion of man and the destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they travel forth from their native Sandleford warren through harrowing trials to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society. "A marvelous story of rebellion, exile, and survival" (Sunday Telegraph) this is an unforgettable literary classic for all ages.

Author: Richard Adams
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 11/01/2005
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.25w x 1.19d
ISBN: 9780743277709

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.2
Point Value: 25
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 749 / Watership Down


Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 129
Newsweek 04/28/2008 pg. 14
Newsweek 12/08/2008 pg. 14