Water Ship Down by Richard Adams shared by kwjam

Water Ship Down was the best book I've read the entire summer. The main characters were Hazel, the main protagonist, Fiver's brother, and the leader of the warren, Fiver, a small, but weak rabbit that occasionally has visions that saved the group's lives, Bigwig, an ex-Owsla (rabbit officer) officer who was very strong and devised most of the battle strategies, Blackavar, a rabbit who used to live in Efrafa, but escaped with Bigwig, Kehaar, a seagull who helped the warren with favors in return for saving his life, Hyzenthlay, a female rabbit who escaped Efrafa with Bigwig,and General Woundwort, the main antagonist of the book who is a viciou, brutal, and strong rabbit who was the leader of Efrafa. At the beginning of the book, Fiver had a vision that their current home would be destroyed by humans. He told Hazel, ho told the leader of their warren. Their leader thought they were crazy and did not believe them. Hazel and Fiverthought they needed to save as many rabbits as possible. They took Bigwig and some other rabbits and started their journey to find a different warren. They bump into a rabbit named Cowslip in the middle of their journey. Cowslip invited them to stay at his warren. They had ample food, but lso a human farm near them, which made Fiver very suspicious. Before Hazel and the other rabbits were about to leave the warren, Bigwig got caught in a deadly trap that could've killed him if Fiver had not found him. They left the warren right after this. A rabbit named Strawberry joined their group at this point. They finally find a safe place they can call home, until Hazel realizes they don't have any does, or female rabbits. Without does, their warren would be completely gone once everyone there is dead. Kehaar the seagull did them a favor and located a nearby warren, which happened to be Efrafa, a warren where rabbits are mistreated and live like prisoners. Captain Holly and other rabbits went to Efrafa to request some does. While they were gone, Hazel went to a nearby farm and helped two does escape their cage. Hazel's rabbit team barely come back to their warren alive. Efrafan rabbits said they could not leave, and when they had tried to leave, the rabbits tried to kill them. Bigwig went to Efrafa and helped Blackavar, Hyzenthlay, and other does escape Efrafa and took them back to his warren. Efrafan officers tracked them down and fought Bigwig. Hazel went back to the farm to get a dog to come with him and attack General Woundwort. Bigwig fought to the death. The dog killed Woundwort and the other officers ran away.