Watership Down (TV Tie in) (A Puffin Book) Richard Adams

Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible is about to happen to the warren - he feels sure of it. And Fivers sixth sense is never wrong according to his brother Hazel. They had to leave immediately and they had to persuade the other rabbits to join them. And so begins a long and perilous journey of a small band of rabbits in search of a safe home. Fivers vision finally leads them to Water ship Down but here they face their most difficult challenge of all . Review a treacherous journey and quest for survival - one to pick up time and time again ―The GuardianBeautifully evoking the Berkshire countryside in poetic language it is an exciting moving and powerful novel. ―Book TrustBeautifully written with some of the best characterisation youll come across in childrens literature it tells the story of a group of rabbits and their will to survive despite human attempts to do otherwise. Full of adventure humour excitement and sadness it will enthral as much now as it did when it was first published ―LoveReading4Kids About the Author Richard Adams grew up in Berkshire the son of a country doctor. After an education at Oxford he spent six years in the army and then went into the Civil Service. He originally began telling the story of Watership Down to his two daughters and they insisted he publish it as a book. It quickly became a huge success with both children and adults and won the Guardian Childrens Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal in 1972. Richard Adams has written many novels and short stories including Shardik and The Plague Dogs. He now lives in Hampshire with his wife and enjoys a wide variety of hobbies including walking in the countryside and English literature.