num_pages: 413
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
titlecomplete: Watership Down
characters: Hyzenthlay, Frith, Bigwig, El-Ahrairah, Fiver, Pipkin, Kehaar, General Woundwort, Hazel, Dandelion, Silver (Watership Down), Blackberry
genres: Fiction, Animals, Adventure, Young Adult, Literature, Classics, Novels, Childrens, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 472751
places: England, United Kingdom, Hampshire, England, Watership Down, Hampshire
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: Rex Collings