By Richard Adams (author) Part of the Puffin Clothbound Classics series
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Stunning and compulsive are two words that best describe the story of Fiver, of Hazel and the rabbit warren full of family and friends. Rejected by most publishers before eventually being snapped up by Rex Collings in 1972, it was an instant hit and has since sold millions of copies the world over. Beautifully written with some of the best characterisation you'll come across in children’s 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.
Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunningly beautiful hardback editions of the most famous stories in the world, now including a beautiful edition of Watership Down, an epic tale that has been beloved for generations.
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Fiver, a young rabbit, is very worried. He senses something terrible is about to happen to the warren. His brother Hazel knows that his sixth sense is never wrong. So, there is nothing else for it. They must leave immediately.
And so begins a long and perilous journey of a small band of rabbits in search of a safe home. Fiver's vision finally leads them to Watership Down, but here they face their most difficult challenge of all . . .
Richard Adams (1920 - 2016) was an English novelist best known as the author of Watership Down, first published in 1972. He served in the British Army during the second world war, and then joined the civil service. He originally began telling the story of Watership Down to his two daughters during long car journeys and they insisted it he publish it as a book. It was awarded the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, and went on to sell millions of copies throughout the world. In 1975 Adams was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunningly beautiful hardback editions of the most famous stories in the world, now including a beautiful edition of Watership Down, an epic tale that has been beloved for generations. Fiver, a young rabbit, is very worried.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Watership Down and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Watership Down features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Animal Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Books Reviewed by our Reader Review Panels, Classic Literature
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Watership Down was written by Richard Adams and published by Puffin Classics an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
Watership Down has 616 pages
Yes it is part of Puffin Clothbound Classics series
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