num_pages: 476
description: Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of friends, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.
language: English
title: Watership Down: A Novel
titlecomplete: Watership Down: A Novel
characters: Hyzenthlay, Fiver, Blackberry, General Woundwort, Dandelion, Kehaar, Pipkin, Hazel, El-Ahrairah, Silver (Watership Down), Frith, Bigwig
genres: Classics, Adventure, Fantasy, Childrens, Young Adult, Novels, Animals, Literature, Audiobook, Fiction
ratings_count: 472729
places: Watership Down, Hampshire, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, England
series: Watership Down
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, awardedAt: 94723200000
name: Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 1577865600000
name: Audie Award
category: Best Male Narrator, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Turtleback Books