I'm going to go out on a limb and talk about a book I  read as a college student. It was all the rage in the '70's! I know this will date me but I loved the book and I'd be thrilled if one of our SWAHS students would read it.

Even though the main character, Fiver, is a rabbit, this is no children's book. This book won the Carnegie Medal and was a nominee for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature.

Watership Down is a heroic fantasy novel about a group of rabbits who face the destruction of their warren. The novel describes their odyssey as they seek a place to establish a new home. The rabbits live in a warren in a field like normal rabbits but they are anthropomorphised, and possess their own language and culture.

Yes you could watch the movie...but I challenge you to check this book out of our library and spend some time with this maverick band of rabbits that give insight into the society of man. Be sure to let me know what you think!

Ishmael Beah

Meet Ishmael Beah who at age 13 became a drugged up AK-47 wielding soldier who committed unspeakable acts of violence. At age sixteen he was removed from fighting by UNICEF and rehabilitated. He moved to the United States and finished high school at the United Nations International School in New York. He graduated from Oberlin College in 2004. Ishmael is now 29 years old. This is a true story. In more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah was one of them.

Enrich your life with non-fiction! You will find this book in our library. Don't miss it!