Watership Down
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Chapter Book · Ages 11–15 · 1972 · Est. 15 hour read

Watership Down

By Richard Adams

Book #1 in the Watership Down series

A band of adventurers flee their doomed home, seeking survival and a new beginning.

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478 pages· 161,963 words· Est. 15 hour read
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In a world teeming with hidden life, a group of rabbits, led by the visionary Hazel, must escape their doomed warren. Facing predators and perilous landscapes, they embark on a daring quest for a new home. Will they find safety and freedom, or will the wild claim them? Watership Down is a gripping tale of courage and survival against all odds.

From the publisher

One of the most beloved novels of our time, Richard Adams’s Watership Down takes us to a world we have never truly seen: to the remarkable life that teems in the fields, forests and riverbanks far beyond our cities and towns. It is a powerful saga of courage, leadership and survival; an epic tale of a hardy band of adventurers forced to flee the destruction of their fragile community…and their trials and triumphs in the face of extraordinary adversity as they pursue a glorious dream called “home.” Watership Down is a remarkable tale of exile and survival, of heroism and leadership…the epic novel of a group of adventurers who desert their doomed city, and venture forth against all odds on a quest for a new home, a sturdier future,

Awards

Carnegie Medal for Writing (1972)
At a glance
Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pages
478
Words
161,963
Reading age
11–15
Audience
Young Adult
Lexile
880L
Themes & topics
Books about bunnies and rabbitsBooks about wilderness survivalBooks about cultureBooks about communityBooks about survival
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
6.2
F&P level
~U
AR points
25
AR interest level
UG
AR quiz
749
Publication
Published
January 1, 1976
First published
November 1, 1972
Publisher
Avon Books
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780380002931

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